Where does “fendaĵo” come from?
fendaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fendi, from French fendre, from Italian fendere, from Spanish hender, from Old Spanish fender, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- — bee.
fendaĵo (Esperanto): crevice; crack
Definitions
- crevice; crack
Ancestry of “fendaĵo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fendi | to split |
| 2 | French | fendre | to split, to chop (wood), to crack |
| 3 | Italian | fendere | to cut through, pass through; to split, cleave,... |
| 4 | Spanish | hender | To split, to cleave apart; To crack into pieces;... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | fender | — |
| 6 | Latin | findō | to cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | findō | split, cleave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |