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Where does “frakseno” come from?

frakseno (Esperanto) comes from Latin fraxinus, from Proto-Italic fraksinos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.

frakseno (Esperanto): ash tree

Definitions

  1. ash tree

Ancestry of “frakseno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfraxinusan ash tree; an ashen spear or javelin; of ash...
2Proto-Italicfraksinos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch
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