Where does “Károlyváros” come from?
Károlyváros (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian Károly, from German Karl, from German -chen, from Middle High German -echen.
Ancestry of “Károlyváros”, step by step
Károlyváros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian Károly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Károly | — |
| 2 | German | Karl | — |
| 3 | German | -chen | nowadays the most common suffix to create a... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -echen | — |
via Hungarian város
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | város | city, town |
| 2 | Hungarian | vár | castle, fortress; citadel; to wait for someone or... |
| 3 | Proto-Ugric | warɜ- | to guard, wait |