Where does “kävui” come from?

kävui (Veps) comes from Veps kävuda, from Proto-Finnic käüdäk, from Proto-Finnic käwe-, from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną — to go.

kävui (Veps): visitor

Definitions

  1. visitor

Ancestry of “kävui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepskävudato go, to walk; to visit; to go around, to avoid
2Proto-Finnickäüdäkto walk, to go
3Proto-Finnickäwe-—
4Proto-Germanic*skēwijanąto go
Every word from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic käwe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic käüdäk →