Where does “surhavi” come from?
surhavi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto havi, from English have, from English -s, from English ’s, from English Kingstown, from English town, from Middle English toun, from Middle English ende — on, onto.
surhavi (Esperanto): to have on, to wear
Definitions
- to have on, to wear
Ancestry of “surhavi”, step by step
surhavi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto havi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | havi | to have |
| 2 | English | have | To possess, own; To hold, as something at... |
| 3 | English | -s | Used to form regular plurals of nouns; Used to... |
| 4 | English | ’s | — |
| 5 | English | Kingstown | OS grid ref NY3959 |
| 6 | English | town | A settlement; an area with residential districts,... |
| 7 | Middle English | toun | town |
| 8 | Middle English | ende | The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal... |
| 9 | Old English | ende | end, limit, border, corner |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Esperanto sur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | sur | on, upon |
| 2 | French | sûr | sure, certain; trustworthy; safe |
| 3 | Middle French | sur | — |
| 4 | Old French | seür | Alternative form of seur; sure |
| 5 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 6 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |