Where does “virkato” come from?

virkato (Esperanto) comes 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.

virkato (Esperanto): male cat; tom

Definitions

  1. male cat; tom

Ancestry of “virkato”, step by step

virkato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto viro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoviroman
2Latinvirman in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,...
3Proto-Italicwirosa man
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Esperanto kato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokatocat
2Latincattusa cat
3Latincattaa cat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós →Every word from Proto-Italic wiros →