Where does “ŝafhomo” come from?
ŝafhomo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto homo, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.
ŝafhomo (Esperanto): sheeple
Definitions
- sheeple
Ancestry of “ŝafhomo”, step by step
ŝafhomo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto homo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | homo | a human being, person |
| 2 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 3 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via Esperanto ŝafo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ŝafo | sheep |
| 2 | German | schaf | sheep |
| 3 | Middle High German | schāf | sheep |
| 4 | Old High German | scāf | sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |