Where does “vagina” come from?

vagina (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

vagina (Norwegian Bokmål): vagina

Definitions

  1. vagina

Ancestry of “vagina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
2Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent

Words derived from “vagina”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →Every word from Proto-Italic wāgīnā →Every word from Latin vāgīna →