Where does “terpomfingroj” come from?
terpomfingroj (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto terpomo, from French pomme de terre, from German Erdapfel, from German Erde, from Middle High German erde, from Old High German erda, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō — earth.
terpomfingroj (Esperanto): french fries
Definitions
- french fries
Ancestry of “terpomfingroj”, step by step
terpomfingroj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto terpomo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | terpomo | potato |
| 2 | French | pomme de terre | potato |
| 3 | German | Erdapfel | potato |
| 4 | German | Erde | soil; the ground; a world; a space to live in |
| 5 | Middle High German | erde | earth |
| 6 | Old High German | erda | The Earth; earth, ground, soil |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | erþu | earth, world; earth, soil |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | erþō | earth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |
via Esperanto fingro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fingro | finger |
| 2 | English | finger | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals |
| 3 | German | Finger | finger |
| 4 | Middle High German | vinger | finger |
| 5 | Old High German | fingar | finger |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fingr | finger |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fingraz | finger |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | penkʷrós | — |