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Where does “wakwō” come from?

wakwō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wegʷ- — wet, moist.

wakwō (Proto-Germanic): a hole in the water, a polynya

Definitions

  1. a hole in the water, a polynya

Ancestry of “wakwō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwegʷ-wet, moist

Words derived from “wakwō”

  • vak
  • våge
  • vök
  • vǫk
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