Where does “atomkerno” come from?
atomkerno (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kerno, from German kern, from Middle High German kerne, from Old High German kerno, from Proto-Germanic kernô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.
atomkerno (Esperanto): atomic nucleus
Definitions
- atomic nucleus
Ancestry of “atomkerno”, step by step
atomkerno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto kerno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kerno | core, heart, nucleus, kernel; pit, stone |
| 2 | German | kern | kernel |
| 3 | Middle High German | kerne | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kerno | core; pith |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kernô | kernel, core |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nóm | grain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nós | matured, grown old |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |
via Esperanto atoma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | atoma | atomic |
| 2 | Esperanto | -a | Related to, in the manner of, of; Belonging to,... |
| 3 | Italian | -a | Used, with a stem, to form the third-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |