Where does “zulo” come from?

zulo (Esperanto) comes from Spanish zulo, from Basque zulo, from Proto-Basque *zuLo — hole.

zulo (Esperanto): cache, hiding place

Definitions

  1. cache, hiding place

Ancestry of “zulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishzulocache, hiding place
2Basquezulohole; pit; den, hiding place
3Proto-Basque*zuLohole
Every word from Proto-Basque *zuLo →Every word from Basque zulo →Every word from Spanish zulo →