Where does “Vokabellernen” come from?

Vokabellernen (German) comes from German Vokabel, from Latin vocābulum, from Latin vocō, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

Vokabellernen (German): vocabulary learning

Definitions

  1. vocabulary learning

Ancestry of “Vokabellernen”, step by step

Vokabellernen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Vokabel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVokabelpiece of vocabulary
2Latinvocābulumword
3Latinvocōto call, summon, beckon (with one's voice)
4Latinvōxvoice
5Proto-Italicwōksvoice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via German lernēn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlernēn
2Middle High Germanlernen
3Old High Germanlernēnto learn, study
4Proto-West Germanic*liʀnēn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-
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