Where does “*wet” come from?

*wet (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Ancestry of “*wet”, step by step

*wet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European wéy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-Uralic wete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicwetewater

Words derived from “*wet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →