Where does “löfilön” come from?
löfilön (Volapük) comes from Volapük löfön, 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.
löfilön (Volapük): to like
Definitions
- to like
Ancestry of “löfilön”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volapük | löfön | to love |
| 2 | Volapük | on | it; one |
| 3 | French | on | one, people, you, someone; we |
| 4 | Old French | hom | nominative singular of home |
| 5 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 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 | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |