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

  1. atomic nucleus

Ancestry of “atomkerno”, step by step

atomkerno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto kerno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokernocore, heart, nucleus, kernel; pit, stone
2Germankernkernel
3Middle High Germankerne
4Old High Germankernocore; pith
5Proto-Germanickernôkernel, core
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Esperanto atoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoatomaatomic
2Esperanto-aRelated to, in the manner of, of; Belonging to,...
3Italian-aUsed, with a stem, to form the third-person...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm