Where does “Kjwälkoma” come from?
Kjwälkoma (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Koma, from Middle Low German kāmer, from Old Saxon kamara, from Proto-West Germanic *kamarā, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati — to bend, to curve.
Kjwälkoma (Plautdietsch): torture chamber
Definitions
- torture chamber
Ancestry of “Kjwälkoma”, step by step
Kjwälkoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Koma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Koma | pantry |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kāmer | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | kamara | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kamarā | chamber |
| 5 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Plautdietsch kjwälen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | kjwälen | — |