Where does “wak” come from?

wak (Tocharian A) comes from Proto-Tocharian wek, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

wak (Tocharian A): voice, noise

Definitions

  1. voice, noise

Ancestry of “wak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tocharianwekvoice
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Tocharian wek →