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Where does “weikos” come from?

weikos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

Ancestry of “weikos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanweyḱ-to enter in; to settle; settlement
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

Words derived from “weikos”

  • VP
  • vicarious
  • vicariously
  • viscount
  • Reykjavik
  • vicissitude
  • viceregal
  • viscountess
  • vicinage
  • vicinal
  • vicus
  • vicegerency
  • vicariousness
  • viscounty
  • viceregent
  • vicibus
  • viscountcy
  • vicereine
  • viceregency
  • wike
  • vicechair
  • viscountship
  • visne
  • vicary
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