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Where does “vase” come from?

vase (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Vase, from French vase, from Middle French vase, from Latin vās, from Proto-Italic woss, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

Ancestry of “vase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVasevase
2Frenchvasesilt, mud; vase
3Middle Frenchvase—
4Latinvās—
5Proto-Italicwoss—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰ-to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

Words derived from “vase”

  • vås
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- →