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Where does “wéwket” come from?

wéwket (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

wéwket (Proto-Indo-European): to say

Definitions

  1. to say

Ancestry of “wéwket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “wéwket”

  • thespian
  • thesp
  • unthespian
  • nonthespian
  • Thespis
  • Θέσπις
  • εἶπον
  • eweukʷom
  • eweikʷom
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