Where does “nivo-floko” come from?
nivo-floko (Ido) comes from Ido nivo, from Spanish nieve, from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, from Latin nix, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
nivo-floko (Ido): snowflake
Definitions
- snowflake
Ancestry of “nivo-floko”, step by step
nivo-floko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido nivo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | nivo | snow |
| 2 | Spanish | nieve | snow; ice cream |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *nĕvem | — |
| 4 | Latin | nix | snow; white hair |
| 5 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
via Ido floko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | floko | flake; tuft, lock |
| 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 |