Where does “ponardego” come from?
ponardego (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ponardo, from French poignard, from Old French poignal, from Vulgar Latin pugnalis, from Latin pūgnus, from Proto-Italic pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European puǵnos, from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ- — to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab.
ponardego (Esperanto): pike, spear
Ancestry of “ponardego”, step by step