Where does “ĉelskeleto” come from?

ĉelskeleto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉelo, from Polish cel, from Old Polish cel, from Czech cíl, from Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-Germanic til, from Proto-Germanic tilą — to share, divide.

ĉelskeleto (Esperanto): cytoskeleton

Definitions

  1. cytoskeleton

Ancestry of “ĉelskeleto”, step by step

ĉelskeleto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto ĉelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoĉelocell
2Polishcelgoal, aim, objective; target; destination
3Old Polishceltarget
4Czechcílgoal, objective
5Middle High Germanzil—
6Old High Germanzil—
7Proto-Germanictilto, towards; to, toward
8Proto-Germanictiląplanned point in time
9Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide

via Esperanto skeleto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoskeletoskeleton
2Ancient Greekσκελετόςdried up, withered; dried body, mummy; skeleton
3Ancient Greekσκελλώto dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch; dry, dry...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kelh₁-to parch, wither
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₂y- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tilą →