Where does “fulmotondro” come from?

fulmotondro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fulmo, from Italian fulmine, from Latin fulmen, from Latin fulgmen, from Latin fulgeo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fulmotondro (Esperanto): thunderstorm

Definitions

  1. thunderstorm

Ancestry of “fulmotondro”, step by step

fulmotondro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto fulmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofulmolightning
2Italianfulminelightning
3Latinfulmenlightning; thunderbolt
4Latinfulgmen
5LatinfulgeoI flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Esperanto tondro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotondrothunder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Latin fulgeo