Etymology

Origin disputed. Either from Proto-Indo-European *u̯ēp, *u̯ǝp 'to blow; to soar' (compare Latin vapor ‎(“steam”), Sanskrit वापयति ‎(vāpayati, “makes blow”)) or from Proto-Indo-European *kēwp-, *kwēp- ‎(“to smoke, boil”), (compare Lithuanian kvapas ‎(“scent, smell, fume”), Latvian kvepét ‎(“to smoke”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(afƕapjan, “to suffocate”), Middle High German verwepfen, Icelandic hvap ‎(“dropsical flesh”))^[1]. Alternatively from Old Italian vapa. If the word vohë is actually another form of the same word, the current proposed etymologies would completely be dismissed