Where does “raŭpo” come from?

raŭpo (Esperanto) comes from German Raupe, from Middle High German rūpe, from Middle Low German rūpe, from Proto-Germanic rūpō.

raŭpo (Esperanto): caterpillar

Definitions

  1. caterpillar

Ancestry of “raŭpo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRaupecaterpillar; Short for Planierraupe
2Middle High Germanrūpe—
3Middle Low Germanrūpe—
4Proto-Germanicrūpō—

Words derived from “raŭpo”

Every word from Proto-Germanic rūpō →Every word from Middle Low German rūpe →Every word from Middle High German rūpe →