Where does “silkraŭpo” come from?

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

silkraŭpo (Esperanto): silkworm

Definitions

  1. silkworm

Ancestry of “silkraŭpo”, step by step

silkraŭpo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto raŭpo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoraŭpocaterpillar
2GermanRaupecaterpillar; Short for Planierraupe
3Middle High Germanrūpe
4Middle Low Germanrūpe
5Proto-Germanicrūpō

via Esperanto silko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosilkosilk
Every word from Proto-Germanic rūpō