Where does “Pitagorasz-tétel” come from?
Pitagorasz-tétel (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tétel, from Hungarian tesz, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
Pitagorasz-tétel (Hungarian): Pythagorean theorem
Definitions
- Pythagorean theorem
Ancestry of “Pitagorasz-tétel”, step by step
Pitagorasz-tétel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian tétel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tétel | theorem; item, unit; movement |
| 2 | Hungarian | tesz | to do; to place, to put; to make |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Hungarian Pitagorasz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Pitagorasz | Pythagoras a famous Greek mathematician who invented the Pythagorean theorem |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Πῡθαγόρᾱς | — |