Where does “vakero” come from?
vakero (Esperanto) comes from Spanish vaquero, from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.
vakero (Esperanto): a cowhand
Ancestry of “vakero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | vaquero | cowboy; jeans; A kind of bird |
| 2 | Spanish | vaca | cow; beef; leather |
| 3 | Latin | vacca | cow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wokeh₂- | — |
Words derived from “vakero”