Where does “ekaŭdi” come from?
ekaŭdi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto aŭdi, from Latin audiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew-is-d-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
ekaŭdi (Esperanto): to start to hear
Ancestry of “ekaŭdi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | aŭdi | to hear |
| 2 | Latin | audiō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew-is-d- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |