Where does “aranymetszés” come from?
aranymetszés (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian arány, from Proto-Ugric θarańa, from Proto-Ugric sarańa.
aranymetszés (Hungarian): golden ratio
Ancestry of “aranymetszés”, step by step
aranymetszés traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian arány
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | arány | ratio, proportion, scale |
| 2 | Proto-Ugric | θarańa | gold, copper |
| 3 | Proto-Ugric | sarańa | — |
via Hungarian metszés
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | metszés | cut, cutting, incision; pruning; engraving |
| 2 | Hungarian | metsz | to cut, to incise; to prune; to intersect, to... |
| 3 | Hungarian | met | to cut out, carve |
Words derived from “aranymetszés”