Where does “blankhara” come from?
blankhara (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto haro, from English Hair, from Middle English hēr, from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
blankhara (Esperanto): white-haired
Definitions
- white-haired
Ancestry of “blankhara”, step by step
blankhara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto haro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | haro | hair |
| 2 | English | Hair | A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals |
| 3 | Middle English | hēr | a hair |
| 4 | Old English | hēr | at this place |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hēr | here |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Esperanto blanka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | blanka | white; blank |
| 2 | French | Blanc | white person |
| 3 | Middle French | blanc | white |
| 4 | Old French | blanc | white |
| 5 | Late Latin | blancus | white |
| 6 | Frankish | blank | bright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *blank | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | blankaz | bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bhleg- | to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch |