Where does “digo” come from?
digo (Esperanto) comes from Italian diga, from French digue, from Middle French digue, from Old French dike, from Middle Dutch dijc, from Old Dutch diic, from Frankish *dīk, from Proto-Germanic dīkaz.
digo (Esperanto): embankment; dike
Ancestry of “digo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | diga | an hydraulic barrier built for protection... |
| 2 | French | digue | seawall, dyke, breakwater |
| 3 | Middle French | digue | — |
| 4 | Old French | dike | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | dijc | ditch; dam |
| 6 | Old Dutch | diic | — |
| 7 | Frankish | *dīk | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | dīkaz | pool, puddle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰēygʷ- | — |