Where does “fillér” come from?
fillér (English) comes from Hungarian fillér, from German Vierer, from German vier, from Middle High German vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-West Germanic feuwar, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.
fillér (English): A subdenomination of the forint, 100 fillér = 1...
Definitions
- A subdenomination of the forint, 100 fillér = 1...
Ancestry of “fillér”, step by step
fillér traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian fillér
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fillér | A subdenomination of the forint, 100 fillér = 1... |
| 2 | German | Vierer | something with a number, value or size of four |
| 3 | German | vier | four |
| 4 | Middle High German | vier | — |
| 5 | Old High German | fior | four |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | feuwar | four |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fedwōr | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via English Fill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fill | To make full |
| 2 | Middle English | fillen | to fill |
| 3 | Old English | fyllan | to fill; Alternative form of fiellan |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fullijan | to fill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fullijaną | to fill, to make full |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |