Where does “tufgrebo” come from?

tufgrebo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tufo, from French touffe, from Frankish topp, from Proto-Germanic tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European dumb- — tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

tufgrebo (Esperanto): great crested grebe

Definitions

  1. great crested grebe

Ancestry of “tufgrebo”, step by step

tufgrebo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto tufo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotufotuft
2Frenchtouffetuft, clump, bunch of feathers, grass or hair,...
3Frankishtopptuft; spinning top; summit, top
4Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
5Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

via Esperanto grebo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantogrebogrebe
2Frenchgrèbegrebe
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