Where does “wētā” come from?

wētā (Maori) comes from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

wētā (Maori): weta

Definitions

  1. weta

Ancestry of “wētā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “wētā”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →
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