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Where does “dentokarno” come from?

dentokarno (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto karno, from Italian carne, from Latin carnem, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

dentokarno (Esperanto): gum, flesh surrounding teeth

Definitions

  1. gum, flesh surrounding teeth

Ancestry of “dentokarno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokarnoflesh, meat
2Italiancarnemeat, flesh
3Latincarnemaccusative singular of carō
4Latincarō—
5Proto-Italickarōpiece, portion; meat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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