Where does “sunleviĝo” come from?

sunleviĝo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Levi, from Italian levare, from Spanish levantar, from French lever, from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis — light.

sunleviĝo (Esperanto): sunrise

Definitions

  1. sunrise

Ancestry of “sunleviĝo”, step by step

sunleviĝo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto Levi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoLevito lift, to raise
2Italianlevareto take, take away, take off, move away, remove,...
3Spanishlevantarto lift; to raise, put up; to put up; build up
4FrenchleverTo raise, lift; To rise, stand up; To get up
5Middle Frenchleverto lift
6Old Frenchleverto lift; to get up
7Latinlevōto raise, elevate, lift up
8Latinlēvislight, not heavy
9Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

via Esperanto suno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosunothe Sun
2EnglishSunAbbreviation of Sunday
3Middle EnglishsunneAlternative form of sonne; sun
4Old Englishsunnesun
5Proto-West Germanicsunnāsun
6Proto-Germanicsunnǭthe sun
7Proto-Indo-Europeansh̥₂uénsun; the Sun
8Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰusEvery word from Proto-Italic leɣʷis