Where does “inkubsonĝo” come from?
inkubsonĝo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto inkubo, from Italian incubo, from Late Latin incubus, from Latin incubō, from Latin cubō, from Proto-Italic kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew- — cattle.
inkubsonĝo (Esperanto): nightmare
Definitions
- nightmare
Ancestry of “inkubsonĝo”, step by step
inkubsonĝo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto inkubo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | inkubo | incubus; nightmare |
| 2 | Italian | incubo | nightmare, incubus; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Late Latin | incubus | the nightmare, incubus |
| 4 | Latin | incubō | to lie, sit, or settle in, on or upon; recline |
| 5 | Latin | cubō | to lie down, recline |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kubāō | to lie down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |
via Esperanto sonĝo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | sonĝo | dream |
| 2 | French | songe | dream |
| 3 | Old French | songe | dream |
| 4 | Latin | somnium | dream, vision; fantasy, daydream |
| 5 | Latin | somnus | sleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | swepnos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swépnos | sleep, slumber |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swopnos | dream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swep- | to sleep |