Where does “віщувати” come from?

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

віщувати (Ukrainian): to bespeak, to foretoken

Definitions

  1. to bespeak, to foretoken

Ancestry of “віщувати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianвіщатиto impart, to enunciate, to proclaim
2Old Church Slavonicвѣщатиto speak
3Proto-Slavicvěťatito say, to make a claim, to converse
4Proto-Balto-Slavicwaitjāˀtei—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic waitjāˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic věťati →Every word from Old Church Slavonic вѣщати →