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Where does “wíśwas” come from?
wíśwas (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian wíćwas, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wiḱ.
Ancestry of “wíśwas”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-Iranian
wíćwas
all, every
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₁wiḱ
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Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁wiḱ →
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wíćwas →