Where does “viralko” come from?
viralko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vir-, from Esperanto viro, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
viralko (Esperanto): bull elk; bull moose
Ancestry of “viralko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | vir- | male |
| 2 | Esperanto | viro | man |
| 3 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |