Reconstruction talk:Proto-Slavic/věkъ

What's the semantical link between "to overcome" and this? And I don't see how *wīhaz relates to this either. --Fsojic (talk) 23:11, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't get it myself, so it may be wrong. Basically, I read Vasmer's entry and followed the links around for words that we actually have, such as vinco. Here is Vasmer's entry in Russian: Родственно лит. viẽkas "сила, жизнь", veikiù, veĩkti "действовать, делать", véikus "проворный, быстрый", veiklus "деятельный, активный, деловой", vỹkis м. "жизнь, живость", vikrùs "бодрый", лтш. vèicu, vèikt "добиваться, пересиливать, одолевать", др.-исл. veig ж. "сила", víg ср. р. "борьба", гот. weihan "бороться", д.-в.-н. wîgan "бороться", ирл. fichim "борюсь" (из *vikō), лат. vincō, vincere "побеждать", pervicāx "упорный, стойкий" --WikiTiki89 23:15, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Considering the meanings of the Baltic words, it kind of makes a little bit of sense. --WikiTiki89 23:20, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

@Fsojic ,Wiki: It does not make sense. Please see here for a more plausible etymology: vetъxъ, Proto-Indo-European *wétos. Zezen (talk) 10:11, 22 January 2016 (UTC)