Where does “irvojo” come from?

irvojo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vojo, from French voie, from Old French voie, from Latin viā, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

irvojo (Esperanto): walkway

Definitions

  1. walkway

Ancestry of “irvojo”, step by step

irvojo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto vojo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovojoway
2Frenchvoieway, track; lane; calling, path in life
3Old Frenchvoiepath; lane; route; trip; journey
4Latinviāroad, street, path
5Proto-Italic*wiāroad
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Esperanto iri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoirito go
2Latinīre—
3Proto-ItaliceōI go
4Proto-Italicejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “irvojo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wiā →