Where does “wěc” come from?

wěc (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic veťь, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

wěc (Lower Sorbian): thing, matter, affair

Definitions

  1. thing, matter, affair

Ancestry of “wěc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicveťьthing
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic veťь →
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