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Where does “вещь” come from?

вещь (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic veťь, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

вещь (Old Church Slavonic): thing, matter, object; nature, essence; material...

Definitions

  1. thing, matter, object; nature, essence; material...

Ancestry of “вещь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicveťьthing
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “вещь”

  • вещь
  • вещество
  • вещевой
  • вещь
  • ве̄шшь
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