Where does “nigra nano” come from?

nigra nano (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nigra, from Latin Niger, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nigra nano (Esperanto): black dwarf

Definitions

  1. black dwarf

Ancestry of “nigra nano”, step by step

nigra nano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto nigra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonigrablack
2LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

via Esperanto nano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonanodwarf
2Latinnānusdwarf
3Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Latin Niger →Every word from Esperanto nigra →