Where does “spelön” come from?

spelön (Volapük) comes from Latin spērō, from Latin spes, from Proto-Italic spēs, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

spelön (Volapük): to hope

Definitions

  1. to hope

Ancestry of “spelön”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspērōto hope, expect
2Latinspeshope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension
3Proto-Italicspēshope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁sprosperity, success
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s →Every word from Proto-Italic spēs →