Where does “ŝtonminejo” come from?
ŝtonminejo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto minejo, from Esperanto -ejo, from German -ei, from Middle High German -īe, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
ŝtonminejo (Esperanto): quarry
Definitions
- quarry
Ancestry of “ŝtonminejo”, step by step
ŝtonminejo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto minejo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | minejo | mine |
| 2 | Esperanto | -ejo | indicates a place designed for the purpose... |
| 3 | German | -ei | Forming names of sites or buildings where a... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -īe | — |
| 5 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Esperanto ŝtono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ŝtono | stone |
| 2 | English | Stone | for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from |
| 3 | Middle English | ston | Alternative form of stone |
| 4 | Old English | stān | stone, rock |
| 5 | Old Norse | Veggr | name of a dwarf |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wajjuz | wall |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wh̥₁yús | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁y- | to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,... |