Where does “kornvalano” come from?
kornvalano (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Kornvalo, from English Cornwall, from Old English Cornwealas, from Old English Wēalas, from Old English wealh, from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō — water.
kornvalano (Esperanto): a person from Cornwall
Definitions
- a person from Cornwall
Ancestry of “kornvalano”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | Kornvalo | — |
| 2 | English | Cornwall | The country of the Cornish, currently having the status of a royal duchy in England belonging to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch, and consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly |
| 3 | Old English | Cornwealas | Cornwall, inhabitants of Cornwall |
| 4 | Old English | Wēalas | the Welsh |
| 5 | Old English | wealh | foreigner; Briton or Welshman; slave |
| 6 | Old English | īeġ | island |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | auwju | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | awjō | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | agwjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |