Where does “logön” come from?

logön (Volapük) comes from Volapük on, from French on, from Old French hom, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm.

logön (Volapük): to see

Definitions

  1. to see

Ancestry of “logön”, step by step

logön traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Volapük on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükonit; one
2Frenchonone, people, you, someone; we
3Old Frenchhomnominative singular of home
4Latinhomōhuman, person, man
5Old Latinhemō
6Proto-Italichemōman
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
9Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
10Proto-Indo-European-mi

via Volapük lög

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapüklögleg
2Germanaugeeye
3Middle High Germanougeeye
4Old High Germanougaeye
5Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
6Proto-Germanicaugôeye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -miEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -ōmEvery word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm