Where does “Wucht” come from?

Wucht (Saterland Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic wihtą, from Proto-Indo-European wekti-, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

Wucht (Saterland Frisian): girl

Definitions

  1. girl

Ancestry of “Wucht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwihtąthing, creature
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwekti-object, thing; thing; cause, sake, thing
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekti- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wihtą →