Where does “akvopipo” come from?

akvopipo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto akvo, from Italian acqua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

akvopipo (Esperanto): water pipe

Definitions

  1. water pipe

Ancestry of “akvopipo”, step by step

akvopipo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto akvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoakvowater
2Italianacquawater; lane; inflection of acquare: ##...
3Latinaquawater
4Proto-Italicakʷāwater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

via Esperanto pipo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopipopipe
2LatinpipoI pip, peep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic akʷā →Every word from Latin aqua →