Etymograph

English

veny

Veny comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-1‘to come, to step’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentvenue1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1603veny1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English veny
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “It is not, as at Fence, where the number…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-Wiktionary, English veny‘to come, to step’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentvenueWiktionary, English veny
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1603venyWiktionary, English veny. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “It is not, as at Fence, where the number…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’

come, coming, base, basic, basis, event, bass, diabetes, revenue, convention, cum, adventure, avenue, inventory, convenience, venue, intervene, inventor, pug, advent, invent, souvenir, provenance, convene, contravention, quim, revenant, circumvention, contravene, 54 more

Today it means

noun A strike or blow.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “veny”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / veny

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