Where does “ötszög” come from?
ötszög (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian öt, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön, from Ottoman Turkish اوك, from Proto-Turkic ǖn — sound, voice.
ötszög (Hungarian): pentagon
Definitions
- pentagon
Ancestry of “ötszög”, step by step
ötszög traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian öt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | öt | five |
| 2 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 3 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 4 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 5 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Hungarian szög
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szög | nail; angle; angle, viewing direction |
| 2 | Hungarian | sző | to weave; to spin; to plot |
| 3 | Hungarian | -et | Added to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é- | — |
| 5 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 6 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |