Where does “vödastok” come from?
vödastok (Volapük) comes from Volapük vöd, from English Word, from English worth, from English worthwhile, from English while, from Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic hwīlu — to rest; rest, peace.
vödastok (Volapük): vocabulary
Ancestry of “vödastok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Volapük | vöd | word |
| 2 | English | Word | Scripture; The Bible; The creative word of God;... |
| 3 | English | worth | Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for;... |
| 4 | English | worthwhile | Good and important enough to spend time, effort,... |
| 5 | English | while | An uncertain duration of time, a period of time;... |
| 6 | Middle English | whyle | — |
| 7 | Old English | hwīl | time; while; while; time, while |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hwīlu | period of rest, pause; time, period of time,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hwīlō | time, period of time, while; period of rest,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |