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Where does “wai-” come from?

wai- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dwey- — to fear.

Ancestry of “wai-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandwey-to fear

Words derived from “wai-”

  • vainīgs
  • vainu
  • vainība
  • vaina
  • vaininieks
  • vaininiece
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