Where does “віщати” come from?

віщати (Ukrainian) comes from Old Church Slavonic вѣщати, from Proto-Slavic věťati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic waitjāˀtei.

віщати (Ukrainian): to impart, to enunciate, to proclaim

Definitions

  1. to impart, to enunciate, to proclaim

Ancestry of “віщати”, step by step

віщати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic вѣщати

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicвѣщатиto speak
2Proto-Slavicvěťatito say, to make a claim, to converse
3Proto-Balto-Slavicwaitjāˀtei—

via Proto-Slavic věščati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvěščatito prophesy, to foretell

Words derived from “віщати”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic waitjāˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic věťati →Every word from Old Church Slavonic вѣщати →