Where does “vokalo” come from?
vokalo (Esperanto) comes from Italian vocale, from Latin vōcālis, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
vokalo (Esperanto): vowel
Definitions
- vowel
Ancestry of “vokalo”, step by step
vokalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian vocale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vocale | vocal; voice; vowel |
| 2 | Latin | vōcālis | uttering a voice, having a voice; speaking, sounding, sonorous, speaking, crying, singing, melodious; vocal |
| 3 | Latin | vōx | voice |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via Yiddish וואָקאַל
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | וואָקאַל | vowel |