Where does “säkön” come from?
säkön (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.
säkön (Volapük): to ask
Definitions
- to ask
Ancestry of “säkön”, step by step
säkön 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 säk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volapük | säk | question; query |
| 2 | English | Ask | The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda |
| 3 | Swedish | ask | the European ash "Fraxinus excelsior"; a small... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | asker | ash; wooden box |
| 5 | Old Norse | askr | ash; wooden vessel or dish |
| 6 | Old English | ærn | house, habitation |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | raʀn | house |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | razną | house, dwelling |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reh₁- | to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare |