Where does “lavön” come from?

lavön (Volapük) comes from French laver, from Old French laver, from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

lavön (Volapük): to wash

Definitions

  1. to wash

Ancestry of “lavön”, step by step

lavön traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French laver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlaverto wash; to wash oneself
2Old Frenchlaverto wash; to get washed
3Latinlavōto wash, bathe
4Proto-Italiclawaō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Spanish lavar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlavarto wash; to wipe, clear
2Old Spanishlavar—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti →Every word from Proto-Italic lawaō →