Where does “hufumkrabo” come from?

hufumkrabo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto krabo, from English crab, from English carabiner, from German Karabinerhaken, from German Karabiner, from French carabine, from French carabin, from French escarrabin — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

hufumkrabo (Esperanto): horseshoe crab

Definitions

  1. horseshoe crab

Ancestry of “hufumkrabo”, step by step

hufumkrabo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto krabo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokrabocrab
2EnglishcrabA crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having...
3EnglishcarabinerA metal link with a gate that can open and close,...
4GermanKarabinerhakencarabiner, snap hook, snap-link
5GermanKarabinercarbine; Karabinerhaken: carabiner
6Frenchcarabinerifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier
7Frenchcarabincarabineer; medical student
8Frenchescarrabingrave digger
9Middle Frenchscarabéebeetle
10LatinscarabaeusA scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient...
11Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

via Esperanto hufumo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantohufumohorseshoe
2Esperantohufohoof
3Germanhufhoof
4EnglishhoofThe tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse,...
5Middle Englishhofmeasure, reason
6Old Englishhōfcourt, hall
7Proto-West Germanic*hōf
8Proto-Germanichufąhill, elevated place; house, hall, estate
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeup-to arch, bend, buckle; a hollow
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeu-bend; vault, hole; to shine; light; bright
Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβος