Where does “uktás” come from?

uktás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian uktás, from Proto-Indo-European ukʷtós, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

Ancestry of “uktás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianuktássaid, spoken
2Proto-Indo-Europeanukʷtós—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ukʷtós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian uktás →