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Where does “wōkʷs” come from?

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

wōkʷs (Proto-Indo-European): voice, speech

Definitions

  1. voice, speech

Ancestry of “wōkʷs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wōkʷs”

  • voice
  • optical
  • optic
  • optics
  • voicing
  • voiceless
  • optically
  • vociferous
  • vociferously
  • voicemail
  • Calliope
  • fiberoptic
  • optician
  • necropsy
  • preoptic
  • optometrist
  • optoelectronic
  • panoptic
  • vociferation
  • optometry
  • calliope
  • optokinetic
  • optoelectronics
  • supraoptic
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