Where does “bebukik” come from?

bebukik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian bukik, from Hungarian buki, from English bookie, from English bookmaker, from English maker, from Middle English maker, from Middle English maken, from Old English macian — smear, rub.

bebukik (Hungarian): to get blocked up of dark areas in a picture, to end up completely black without details due to underexposure

Definitions

  1. to get blocked up of dark areas in a picture, to end up completely black without details due to underexposure

Ancestry of “bebukik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbukikto fall, tumble; nominative plural of buki
2Hungarianbukibookie, bookmaker
3EnglishbookieA bookmaker, being a person who, or business...
4EnglishbookmakerA person who prints or binds books; A person who...
5EnglishmakerSomeone who makes; a person or thing that makes...
6Middle EnglishmakerGod as creator of all; Someone who makes; a...
7Middle EnglishmakenTo make or create; to have something made
8Old Englishmacianto make
9Emilianmâciaspot, stain
10LatinMacula
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂
12Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁-
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