Where does “वाच्” come from?

वाच् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian wā́kš, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

वाच् (Sanskrit): speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.)

Definitions

  1. speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.)

Ancestry of “वाच्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianwā́kšspeech, voice; sound?
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “वाच्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wā́kš →