Where does “fiŝkaptisto” come from?
fiŝkaptisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fiŝo, from German fisch, from Yiddish פֿיש, from English Fish, from Old English fiscian, from Proto-West Germanic fiskōn, from Proto-Germanic fiskōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
fiŝkaptisto (Esperanto): fisher, fisherman
Definitions
- fisher, fisherman
Ancestry of “fiŝkaptisto”, step by step
fiŝkaptisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto fiŝo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fiŝo | fish |
| 2 | German | fisch | fish cold-blooded vertebrates living in water |
| 3 | Yiddish | פֿיש | fish |
| 4 | English | Fish | The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces |
| 5 | Old English | fiscian | to fish |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fiskōn | to fish, to catch fish |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fiskōną | to fish, to catch fish |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Esperanto kapti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kapti | to catch, to capture |
| 2 | Latin | captō | to strive to seize, catch or grasp at |
| 3 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |