Where does “wěz” come from?

wěz (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic vęzъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic winźas.

wěz (Lower Sorbian): elm, any tree of the genus Ulmus

Definitions

  1. elm, any tree of the genus Ulmus

Ancestry of “wěz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvęzъelm
2Proto-Balto-Slavicwinźas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic winźas →Every word from Proto-Slavic vęzъ →