Where does “peklakvo” come from?

peklakvo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto akvo, from Italian acqua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

peklakvo (Esperanto): brine

Definitions

  1. brine

Ancestry of “peklakvo”, step by step

peklakvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto akvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoakvowater
2Italianacquawater; lane; inflection of acquare: ##...
3Latinaquawater
4Proto-Italicakʷāwater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water

via Esperanto pekli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopeklito brine
2Germanpökelnto brine to preserve food (especially meat) in a salt solution
3Middle Low Germanpekelbrine
4Old Saxon*pikkōn—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic akʷā →Every word from Latin aqua →