Where does “dikventra” come from?
dikventra (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto dika, from German dick, from Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicchī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
dikventra (Esperanto): fat, overweight
Definitions
- fat, overweight
Ancestry of “dikventra”, step by step
dikventra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto dika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | dika | thick; fat |
| 2 | German | dick | thick; fat |
| 3 | Middle High German | dicke | thickly; often |
| 4 | Old High German | dicchī | thick |
| 5 | Old High German | -ī | -ness |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |