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Where does “wan-” come from?

wan- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European won-, from Proto-Indo-European wā- — to move , to move so as to bend, turn; to bend,...

Ancestry of “wan-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwon-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwā-to move , to move so as to bend, turn; to bend,...

Words derived from “wan-”

  • ota
  • wuo-
  • vota
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wā- →