Where does “hundokaptisto” come from?
hundokaptisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto hundo, from German hund, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
hundokaptisto (Esperanto): dogcatcher
Definitions
- dogcatcher
Ancestry of “hundokaptisto”, step by step
hundokaptisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto hundo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | hundo | dog |
| 2 | German | hund | dog, hound |
| 3 | Middle High German | hunt | dog (Canis familiaris) |
| 4 | Old High German | hunt | dog |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via Esperanto kaptisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kaptisto | catcher; captor; trapper |
| 2 | Esperanto | kapti | to catch, to capture |
| 3 | Latin | captō | to strive to seize, catch or grasp at |
| 4 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |