Where does “ajnulo” come from?

ajnulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ajn, from German ein, from Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic ain, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

ajnulo (Esperanto): anyone at all, John Doe, the man on the street

Definitions

  1. anyone at all, John Doe, the man on the street

Ancestry of “ajnulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoajnused with ki- and i- to generalize them, meaning...
2Germaneinone; a, an; indicating motion into something
3Middle High Germaneinone
4Old High Germaneinone; only
5Proto-West Germanicainone
6Proto-Germanicainazone; some
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic ainaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ain →