Where does “voko” come from?

voko (Esperanto) comes from Ingrian vöglä, from Russian свёкла, from Old East Slavic сеѵклъ, from Ancient Greek σεῦκλον.

voko (Esperanto): a call

Definitions

  1. a call

Ancestry of “voko”, step by step

voko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian vöglä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvögläbeetroot
2Russianсвёклаbeet
3Old East Slavicсеѵклъ—
4Ancient Greekσεῦκλον—

via Esperanto voki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovokito call
2Latinvocāre—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀bókò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu*kʊ̀bókòarm; hand
Every word from Ancient Greek σεῦκλον →Every word from Old East Slavic сеѵклъ →Every word from Russian свёкла →