Where does “a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál” come from?
a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cipész, from Hungarian cipő, from Hungarian cipellő, from Hungarian cipellős, from Latin zipellus — a kind of footwear.
a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál (Hungarian): cobbler, keep to your last
Definitions
- cobbler, keep to your last
Ancestry of “a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál”, step by step
a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian cipész
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | cipész | shoemaker, cobbler |
| 2 | Hungarian | cipő | shoe |
| 3 | Hungarian | cipellő | shoe |
| 4 | Hungarian | cipellős | — |
| 5 | Latin | zipellus | a kind of footwear |
via Hungarian kaptafa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kaptafa | last a tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes |
| 2 | Hungarian | kapta | third-person singular indicative past definite of... |
| 3 | Hungarian | kap | to get, to receive; to snatch, to grab; to find |
| 4 | Hungarian | körül | around, near; about, around |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kere | circle, ring, hoop, tire |