Where does “terpomfloko” come from?
terpomfloko (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.
terpomfloko (Esperanto): potato chip; crisp
Definitions
- potato chip; crisp
Ancestry of “terpomfloko”, step by step
terpomfloko 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 floko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | floko | a flake |
| 2 | German | Flocke | flake |
| 3 | Old High German | floccho | flock |
| 4 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |