Where does “botelego” come from?
botelego (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -eg-, from Russian -я́га, from Russian -ха, from Proto-Slavic -xъ.
botelego (Esperanto): Augmentative of botelo
Ancestry of “botelego”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | -eg- | denotes augmentative of degree |
| 2 | Russian | -я́га | — |
| 3 | Russian | -ха | pejorative suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -xъ | — |