Where does “fremdlingvo” come from?
fremdlingvo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fremda, from German fremd, from Middle High German vremde, from Old High German fremidi, from Proto-West Germanic framiþī, from Proto-Germanic framaþiz, from Swedish fram, from Old Norse fram — passed , crossed.
fremdlingvo (Esperanto): A foreign language
Definitions
- A foreign language
Ancestry of “fremdlingvo”, step by step
fremdlingvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto fremda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fremda | foreign, strange, alien |
| 2 | German | fremd | strange; foreign; external |
| 3 | Middle High German | vremde | stranger, foreigner; strange, foreign |
| 4 | Old High German | fremidi | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | framiþī | foreign, strange |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | framaþiz | foreign, alien, strange |
| 7 | Swedish | fram | forward, in front |
| 8 | Old Norse | fram | forward, forth |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | fram | from; by, due to; forth, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | framaz | forward, prominent |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | prom- | forth, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Esperanto lingvo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | lingvo | language |
| 2 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 3 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |