Where does “festhalo” come from?
festhalo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto halo, from German halle, from Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Frankish hallu, from Finnish halu, from Finnish halata, from Proto-Germanic halōną — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
festhalo (Esperanto): assembly hall, function hall
Definitions
- assembly hall, function hall
Ancestry of “festhalo”, step by step
festhalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto halo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | halo | hall, very large room |
| 2 | German | halle | inflection of hallen: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | halle | — |
| 4 | Old High German | halla | — |
| 5 | Frankish | hallu | large room, hall; hall |
| 6 | Finnish | halu | desire; urge, itch |
| 7 | Finnish | halata | to hug, embrace; to want |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
via Esperanto festo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | festo | celebration; feast; festival, party, fiesta |
| 2 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 3 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 6 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 7 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 8 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |