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Where does “wámati” come from?

wámati (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian wámati, from Proto-Indo-European wémh₁-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- — to spew, to vomit.

Ancestry of “wámati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianwámati—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwémh₁-e-ti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit

Words derived from “wámati”

  • वमति
  • bómik
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