Where does “ĉien” come from?
ĉien (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉie, from Esperanto ĉi, from French ci, from Latin ecce hic, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.
ĉien (Esperanto): everywhither, to everywhere
Definitions
- everywhither, to everywhere
Ancestry of “ĉien”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ĉie | everywhere |
| 2 | Esperanto | ĉi | here; just mentioned, the latter; here, this |
| 3 | French | ci | here; this |
| 4 | Latin | ecce hic | here (emphatic) |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |