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Where does “[[yaue]], [[ewe]], [[euwe]], [[egua]]” come from?

[[yaue]], [[ewe]], [[euwe]], [[egua]] (Old French) comes from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

Ancestry of “[[yaue]], [[ewe]], [[euwe]], [[egua]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaquawater
2Proto-Italicakʷāwater
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
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