Where does “wika” come from?

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

wika (Tagalog): language; utterance; to express verbally; to...

Definitions

  1. language; utterance; to express verbally; to...

Ancestry of “wika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवाक्यspeech, saying, assertion, statement, command,...
2Sanskritवच्to speak, utter, say
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “wika”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →