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Where does “ekiri” come from?

ekiri (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto iri, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

ekiri (Esperanto): to start to go

Definitions

  1. to start to go

Ancestry of “ekiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoirito go
2Latinīre—
3Proto-ItaliceōI go
4Proto-Italicejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →