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Where does “bürkök” come from?

bürkök (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian bürök, from English Frog, from Portuguese froco, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

bürkök (Hungarian): nominative plural of bürök

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of bürök

Ancestry of “bürkök”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbürökhemlock
2EnglishFrogAlternative form of frog
3Portuguesefrocoflock
4Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
5Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
6Proto-Germanic*flukkô—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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