Where does “Proowkoma” come from?
Proowkoma (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.
Proowkoma (Plautdietsch): laboratory
Definitions
- laboratory
Ancestry of “Proowkoma”, step by step
Proowkoma 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 Proow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Proow | test, experiment |
| 2 | Late Latin | proba | proof; a proof |
| 3 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 4 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |