Where does “betyárkörte” come from?

betyárkörte (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian betyár, from Serbo-Croatian bećar, from Turkish bekâr, from French bécarre, from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus — and.

betyárkörte (Hungarian): dingleberry

Definitions

  1. dingleberry

Ancestry of “betyárkörte”, step by step

betyárkörte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian betyár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbetyárhighwayman, outlaw; rogue, scamp, rascal
2Serbo-Croatianbećarbachelor; an unmarried man
3Turkishbekârbachelor
4Frenchbécarrenatural
5ItalianbequadroThe natural symbol
6Italianquadrosquare; painting or picture; description or...
7Vulgar Latinquadrellus
8Latinquādrussquare
9Latinquattŭorfour; 4
10Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
11Old Portuguesequartoquarter
12Latinquārtusfourth
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
14Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
15Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Hungarian körte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankörtepear; pear tree; pearwood
2Hungariankörtvély
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-