Where does “vuċi” come from?
vuċi (Maltese) comes from Sicilian vuci, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
vuċi (Maltese): voice
Definitions
- voice
Ancestry of “vuċi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | vuci | Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character |
| 2 | Latin | vōx | voice |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |