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Where does “wakwaz” come from?

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

wakwaz (Proto-Germanic): wet, moist

Definitions

  1. wet, moist

Ancestry of “wakwaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwegʷ-wet, moist

Words derived from “wakwaz”

  • vökva
  • vǫkva
  • vǫkr
  • vǫkvi
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