Where does “trinkŝalmo” come from?
trinkŝalmo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto salmo, from German Schalmei, from Middle High German schalemīe, from Old French chalemie, from Latin calamellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
trinkŝalmo (Esperanto): drinking straw
Definitions
- drinking straw
Ancestry of “trinkŝalmo”, step by step
trinkŝalmo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto salmo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | salmo | salmon |
| 2 | German | Schalmei | shawm; a member of the shawm family |
| 3 | Middle High German | schalemīe | — |
| 4 | Old French | chalemie | — |
| 5 | Latin | calamellus | A little reed or pen |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Esperanto trinki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | trinki | to drink |
| 2 | Yiddish | טרינקען | to drink |
| 3 | Middle High German | trinken | to drink; to drink; to toast |
| 4 | Old High German | trinkan | to drink |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | drinkan | to drink |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | drinkaną | to drink |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrenǵ- | to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp; to pull;... |