Where does “somnolegar” come from?
somnolegar (Ido) comes from Ido somnolar, from Ido -ar, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
somnolegar (Ido): to be overpoweringly sleepy
Definitions
- to be overpoweringly sleepy
Ancestry of “somnolegar”, step by step
somnolegar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido somnolar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | somnolar | to be drowsy, be sleepy |
| 2 | Ido | -ar | This ending denotes the present infinitive form... |
| 3 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Proto-Turkic eg-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | eg- | to bend |