Where does “vosto” come from?

vosto (Esperanto) comes from Russian хвост, from Proto-Slavic xvȍstъ — bundle, sheaf.

vosto (Esperanto): tail

Definitions

  1. tail

Ancestry of “vosto”, step by step

vosto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian хвост

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianхвостtail; queue; arrears
2Proto-Slavicxvȍstъbundle, sheaf

via Proto-Finnic ostadak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicostadakto buy
2Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Slavic xvȍstъ →Every word from Russian хвост →