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Where does “wih₁eh₂” come from?

wih₁eh₂ (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

Ancestry of “wih₁eh₂”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “wih₁eh₂”

  • previous
  • street
  • obvious
  • previously
  • streets
  • via
  • obviously
  • voyage
  • deviation
  • trivial
  • Beatrice
  • st
  • envoy
  • deviate
  • Beatrix
  • obviate
  • streetcar
  • deviating
  • trivia
  • nontrivial
  • voyager
  • triviality
  • obviousness
  • undeviating
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