Where does “ŝmirmono” come from?
ŝmirmono (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝmiri, from German schmieren, from Middle High German smirn, from Middle High German smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic smirwijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
ŝmirmono (Esperanto): bribe, pay-off
Definitions
- bribe, pay-off
Ancestry of “ŝmirmono”, step by step
ŝmirmono traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ŝmiri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ŝmiri | to smear; to coat |
| 2 | German | schmieren | to smear; to butter; to grease, oil, lubricate |
| 3 | Middle High German | smirn | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | smirwen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | smirwen | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *smirwijan | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | smirwijaną | to smear, anoint |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Esperanto mono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | mono | money |
| 2 | English | money | A legally or socially binding conceptual contract... |
| 3 | Middle English | moneye | Alternative form of money |
| 4 | Old French | moneie | Alternative form of monoie; money |
| 5 | Latin | Monēta | — |
| 6 | Latin | moneō | to warn, to advise |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | moneō | to remind, to warn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | monéyeti | to cause to think, make think |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |