Where does “вѣстьникъ” come from?

вѣстьникъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic вѣсть, from Proto-Slavic věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

вѣстьникъ (Old Church Slavonic): messenger

Definitions

  1. messenger

Ancestry of “вѣстьникъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicвѣстьmessage, news
2Proto-Slavicvěstьmessage
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*waid-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid- →Every word from Proto-Slavic věstь →