Where does “CH” come from?
CH (Translingual) comes from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica, from Latin confoederatio, from Latin cōnfoederō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
CH (Translingual): Switzerland
Definitions
- Switzerland
Ancestry of “CH”, step by step
CH traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Confoederatio Helvetica
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Confoederatio Helvetica | Swiss confederation; of the Swiss Confederation |
| 2 | Latin | confoederatio | a covenant, agreement |
| 3 | Latin | cōnfoederō | to unite or join by a league |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Translingual C
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | C | Roman numeral hundred; the hundredth |
| 2 | Latin | celeritas | quickness, speed, swiftness, haste, celerity |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Translingual H
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | H | hydrogen |
| 2 | Etruscan | 𐌇 | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | η | Lower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤇 | het; heth |
| 5 | Egyptian | ? | — |