Where does “gömböc” come from?
gömböc (English) comes from Hungarian gömböc, from Hungarian -c, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
gömböc (English): A convex shape which, if made of a uniformly dense material, has one stable equilibrium orientation and one unstable equilibrium orientation
Definitions
- A convex shape which, if made of a uniformly dense material, has one stable equilibrium orientation and one unstable equilibrium orientation
Ancestry of “gömböc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | gömböc | a short, plump person |
| 2 | Hungarian | -c | Added to a word to form a noun with a diminutive... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 5 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |