Where does “virkuniklo” come from?

virkuniklo (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.

virkuniklo (Esperanto): male rabbit, buck

Definitions

  1. male rabbit, buck

Ancestry of “virkuniklo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovir-male
2Esperantoviroman
3Latinvirman in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,...
4Proto-Italicwirosa man
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós →Every word from Proto-Italic wiros →