Where does “vest” come from?

vest (Slovene) comes from Proto-Slavic věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vest (Slovene): conscience

Definitions

  1. conscience

Ancestry of “vest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvěstьmessage
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*waid-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid- →Every word from Proto-Slavic věstь →