Where does “binü” come from?
binü (Volapük) comes from Volapük binön, from Volapük on, from French on, from Old French hom, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ.
binü (Volapük): made of
Ancestry of “binü”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Volapük | binön | to be |
| 2 | Volapük | on | it; one |
| 3 | French | on | one, people, you, someone; we |
| 4 | Old French | hom | nominative singular of home |
| 5 | Latin | homō | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |