Where does “kalkanumo” come from?
kalkanumo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -um-, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
kalkanumo (Esperanto): heel of a shoe
Ancestry of “kalkanumo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | -um- | related in an unspecific way |
| 2 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |