Where does “ਵੱਖ” come from?
ਵੱਖ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit वक्षस्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hwákṣas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hwákšas, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wég-s-os ~ h₂wég-s-es-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
ਵੱਖ (Punjabi): separate, apart; side
Ancestry of “ਵੱਖ”, step by step