Where does “vei” come from?

vei (Old Occitan) comes from Old Occitan vezer, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vei (Old Occitan): first-person singular present indicative of vezer

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vezer

Ancestry of “vei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanvezerto see
2Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
3Proto-Italicwidēōsee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →