Where does “sondar” come from?

sondar (Ido) comes from Russian зонди́ровать, from Russian -и́ровать, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.

sondar (Ido): to take soundings in; to sound: ascertain the...

Definitions

  1. to take soundings in; to sound: ascertain the...

Ancestry of “sondar”, step by step

sondar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian зонди́ровать

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзонди́роватьto probe, to search, to sound
2Russian-и́роватьa productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords
3German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-ārefirst conjugation
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she

via Italian sondare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansondareto sound; to drill, bore; to probe
2Frenchsonderto probe; to survey and take measurements using a...
3Middle Frenchsonder
4Old Frenchsonderto plumb
5Old Frenchsondesounding line
6Old Englishsundswimming; sea, water
7Old Norsesundswimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound
8Proto-Germanicsundąswimming; sound, strait
9Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim

via Spanish sondear

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsondearto sound, to probe; to plumb, to fathom; to sound...
2Spanish-earforms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some...
3Latin-izāre
4Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
5Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
6Proto-Hellenic-íďďō
7Proto-Indo-European-idyéti
8Proto-Indo-European-id-
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from French -er