Where does “litotuko” come from?

litotuko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto lito, from French lit, from Old French lit, from Latin lēctus, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

litotuko (Esperanto): bed sheet

Definitions

  1. bed sheet

Ancestry of “litotuko”, step by step

litotuko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto lito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolitobed
2Frenchlitbed; third-person singular present indicative of...
3Old Frenchlitbed
4Latinlēctuschosen; picked; having been selected
5Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
6Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Esperanto tuko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotukocloth
2Yiddishטוךcloth
3Middle High Germantuoch—
4Old High Germantuoh—
5Proto-West Germanicdōkcloth, rag
6Proto-Germanicdōkazcloth, rag
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwōg-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s →Every word from Proto-Italic lēg- →