Where does “vòtz” come from?

vòtz (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan votz, from Latin vōcem, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

vòtz (Occitan): voice

Definitions

  1. voice

Ancestry of “vòtz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanvotz—
2Latinvōcem—
3Proto-Italicwōksvoice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōks →