Where does “ਵਾਕ” come from?

ਵਾਕ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ਵਾਕ (Punjabi): mouth

Definitions

  1. mouth

Ancestry of “ਵਾਕ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवाक्यspeech, saying, assertion, statement, command,...
2Sanskritवच्to speak, utter, say
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Sanskrit वच् →Every word from Sanskrit वाक्य →