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Where does “wek(ʷ)speros” come from?

wek(ʷ)speros (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European we-.

wek(ʷ)speros (Proto-Indo-European): evening

Definitions

  1. evening

Ancestry of “wek(ʷ)speros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

Words derived from “wek(ʷ)speros”

  • West
  • Western
  • west
  • western
  • Westminster
  • Wesley
  • northwest
  • Midwest
  • southwestern
  • Wesleyan
  • northwestern
  • westwards
  • midwestern
  • vespers
  • westernmost
  • Hesperus
  • vesper
  • westbound
  • Westland
  • westering
  • wester
  • westernization
  • northwestward
  • westerner
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