Where does “wáčah” come from?

wáčah (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian wáčas, from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

wáčah (Proto-Iranian): yearling calf

Definitions

  1. yearling calf

Ancestry of “wáčah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianwáčasword, speech; voice
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwékʷos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “wáčah”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wáčas →