Where does “supertornado” come from?
supertornado (English) comes from English super, from English super-ego, from German Über-Ich, from German Ich, from Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek — I.
supertornado (English): A giant, very severe tornado
Definitions
- A giant, very severe tornado
Ancestry of “supertornado”, step by step
supertornado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English super
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | super | Of excellent quality, superfine; better than... |
| 2 | English | super-ego | Alternative spelling of superego |
| 3 | German | Über-Ich | superego |
| 4 | German | Ich | ego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | ich | I |
| 6 | Old High German | ih | I |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via English tornado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tornado | A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile,... |
| 2 | English | ternado | — |
| 3 | Spanish | tronada | thunderstorm |
| 4 | Spanish | tronar | to thunder; to bust, ruin; to fail |
| 5 | Latin | tonō | to thunder |
| 6 | Latin | tonāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tenh₂- | to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to... |