Where does “kantverkisto” come from?
kantverkisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto verkisto, from Esperanto verki, from Esperanto verko, from German werk, from Middle High German werc, from Old High German werc, from Proto-West Germanic werk, from Proto-Germanic werką — to make.
kantverkisto (Esperanto): songwriter
Definitions
- songwriter
Ancestry of “kantverkisto”, step by step
kantverkisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto verkisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | verkisto | writer, author; composer |
| 2 | Esperanto | verki | To pen; to write (be the author of); to compose (music) |
| 3 | Esperanto | verko | work |
| 4 | German | werk | work, achievement the result of working |
| 5 | Middle High German | werc | work |
| 6 | Old High German | werc | work |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | werk | work |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | werką | work |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
via Esperanto kanto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kanto | song; singing |
| 2 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 3 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 6 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 7 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 8 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |