anomaloscope

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*né
2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
5. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
6. Proto-Indo-European*sem-h₂-lo-s
7. Ancient Greekὁμᾰλός (homălós)
8. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νώμᾰλος (ănṓmălos)
9. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
10. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
11. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
12. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
13. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
14. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
15. GermanAnomaloskop
16. English todayanomaloscope

From German Anomaloskop, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”) (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-, “a-, prefix meaning ‘not’”) + ὁμᾰλός (homălós, “even, level”)) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, to look at; to examine, to inspect”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sḱop, ultimately from *speḱ- (“to see; to look, to observe”)).

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