Where does “jäfön” come from?
jäfön (Volapük) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm.
jäfön (Volapük): to be occupied with
Definitions
- to be occupied with
Ancestry of “jäfön”, step by step
jäfön traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Volapük on
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volapük | on | it; one |
| 2 | French | on | one, people, you, someone; we |
| 3 | Old French | hom | nominative singular of home |
| 4 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 5 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via Volapük jäf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volapük | jäf | business |
| 2 | German | geschäft | shop, store |
| 3 | German | schaffen | to create; to produce; to make; to cause; to... |
| 4 | Middle High German | schaffen | to make, create |
| 5 | Old High German | scaffan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | skappjan | to make, to create |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |