Where does “virĉevalo” come from?
virĉevalo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉevalo, from French cheval, from French bois, from Middle French boys, from Old French bois, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.
virĉevalo (Esperanto): male horse, stallion
Definitions
- male horse, stallion
Ancestry of “virĉevalo”, step by step
virĉevalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ĉevalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ĉevalo | horse; knight |
| 2 | French | cheval | horse; horsepower; tall and slim woman, beautiful... |
| 3 | French | bois | wood; wood, woodland; antler |
| 4 | Middle French | boys | wood |
| 5 | Old French | bois | woodland; woods |
| 6 | Frankish | busk | bush; bush, thicket |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |