Where does “löfön” come from?
löfön (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.
löfön (Volapük): to love
Definitions
- to love
Ancestry of “löfön”, step by step
löfön 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 löf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volapük | löf | love |
| 2 | English | Love | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter L |
| 3 | Middle English | love | love; strong and deep affection |
| 4 | Old English | lufu | love |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *lubu | love |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lubō | love, affection |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewbʰ- | to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lēw- | to sound, resound, sing out; to leave |