Where does “skirpo” come from?

skirpo (Esperanto) comes from Latin scirpus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

skirpo (Esperanto): bulrush, reed

Definitions

  1. bulrush, reed

Ancestry of “skirpo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscirpusa rush, bulrush; riddle, enigma
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kerbʰ-to scratch, scrape
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ- →
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