Where does “vulkano” come from?
vulkano (Esperanto) comes from Swedish ö, from Old Swedish ø, from Old Norse ey, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᛃᚢ, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.
vulkano (Esperanto): volcano
Definitions
- volcano
Ancestry of “vulkano”, step by step
vulkano traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ö | island |
| 2 | Old Swedish | ø | a letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script |
| 3 | Old Norse | ey | always, ever; island |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | *ᚨᚢᛃᚢ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | awjō | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | agwjō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |
via Polish wulkan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | wulkan | volcano |
| 2 | Russian | вулка́н | volcano |
| 3 | English | volcano | A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface |
| 4 | Italian | vulcano | volcano |
| 5 | Latin | Vulcānus | Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and various German and Celtic gods |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀδών | Ionic form of ὀδούς |