Where does “lukti” come from?

lukti (Esperanto) comes from Latin luctor, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

lukti (Esperanto): wrestle; battle, struggle, fight

Definitions

  1. wrestle; battle, struggle, fight

Ancestry of “lukti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinluctorI struggle, wrestle, fight
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →Every word from Latin luctor →