Where does “ŝraŭbingo” come from?

ŝraŭbingo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -ingo, from German -ling, from Old High German -ling, from Proto-Germanic *-ling.

ŝraŭbingo (Esperanto): nut (of a bolt)

Definitions

  1. nut (of a bolt)

Ancestry of “ŝraŭbingo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-ingoA holder for
2German-lingIndicates possession of or connection with a...
3Old High German-ling—
4Proto-Germanic*-ling—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *-ling →Every word from German -ling →Every word from Esperanto -ingo →
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