Where does “fulmoŝirmilo” come from?
fulmoŝirmilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝirmi, from German schirmen, from Middle High German schirmen, from Old High German skirmen, from Proto-West Germanic skirmijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
fulmoŝirmilo (Esperanto): lightning rod
Definitions
- lightning rod
Ancestry of “fulmoŝirmilo”, step by step
fulmoŝirmilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ŝirmi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ŝirmi | to protect, shield |
| 2 | German | schirmen | to shield; to screen or protect |
| 3 | Middle High German | schirmen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | skirmen | to protect |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skirmijan | to protect, defend |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Esperanto fulmo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fulmo | lightning |
| 2 | Italian | fulmine | lightning |
| 3 | Latin | fulmen | lightning; thunderbolt |
| 4 | Latin | fulgmen | — |
| 5 | Latin | fulgeo | I flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |