Where does “malhejtilo” come from?
malhejtilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto hejtilo, from Esperanto hejti, from English heat, from Middle English heten, from Old English hǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic haitijan, from Proto-Germanic haitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
malhejtilo (Esperanto): air conditioner
Ancestry of “malhejtilo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | hejtilo | heater |
| 2 | Esperanto | hejti | to heat |
| 3 | English | heat | Thermal energy; The condition or quality of being... |
| 4 | Middle English | heten | Alternative form of hetien |
| 5 | Old English | hǣtan | to heat; become hot |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haitijan | to make hot, heat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haitijaną | to make hot, heat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |