Where does “vǫkr” come from?

vǫkr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wakwaz, from Proto-Indo-European wegʷ- — wet, moist.

vǫkr (Old Norse): moist, wet

Definitions

  1. moist, wet

Ancestry of “vǫkr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwakwazwet, moist
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwegʷ-wet, moist

Words derived from “vǫkr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wegʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wakwaz →