Where does “Fekete-erdő” come from?
Fekete-erdő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian erdő, from Hungarian eredő, from Hungarian ered, from Hungarian -ed, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
Ancestry of “Fekete-erdő”, step by step
Fekete-erdő traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian erdő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | erdő | forest; forest, mass, sea, wealth |
| 2 | Hungarian | eredő | present participle of ered: resulting, arising,... |
| 3 | Hungarian | ered | to originate, to come from, to derive from; to... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ed | your; Used to form the definite second-person... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -é- | — |
| 6 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 7 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via German Schwarzwald
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schwarzwald | Black Forest |
| 2 | German | wald | forest; woods; woodland |
| 3 | Middle High German | walt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wald | forest |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |
via Hungarian fekete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fekete | black; tragic, mournful, black; illegal |
| 2 | Proto-Ugric | pᴕ̈kkɜ-ttɜ | black |