Where does “vekradio” come from?

vekradio (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto veki, from English wake, from Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic furdu, from Proto-Germanic furduz, from Proto-Indo-European pértus — passed , crossed.

vekradio (Esperanto): clock radio

Definitions

  1. clock radio

Ancestry of “vekradio”, step by step

vekradio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto veki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovekito wake, to arouse
2EnglishwakeTo stop sleeping; To make somebody stop sleeping;...
3Middle EnglishwakeAlternative form of woke
4Old Englishwacuwake, watch
5Old Englishfordford
6Proto-West Germanicfurduford
7Proto-Germanicfurduzford
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpértuscrossing
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Esperanto radio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoradioradio
2Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
3English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
4Middle English-an—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pértus →