Where does “cerviĉo” come from?

cerviĉo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto cervo, from Latin cervus, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cerviĉo (Esperanto): a male deer, a buck

Definitions

  1. a male deer, a buck

Ancestry of “cerviĉo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantocervodeer
2Latincervusdeer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin cervus →
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