Where does “bombatölcsér” come from?
bombatölcsér (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tölcsér, from Hungarian tölt, from Hungarian től, from Hungarian tő, from Hungarian -ék, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
bombatölcsér (Hungarian): bomb crater
Definitions
- bomb crater
Ancestry of “bombatölcsér”, step by step
bombatölcsér traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian tölcsér
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tölcsér | funnel, tunnel; ice cream cone, cone, cornet;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | tölt | to pour; to charge; to load |
| 3 | Hungarian | től | to push |
| 4 | Hungarian | tő | stem (plant), foot, stump (tree) |
| 5 | Hungarian | -ék | Added to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 7 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Hungarian bomba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | bomba | bomb |
| 2 | German | Bombe | a bomb; a bombe, a bomb-shaped dessert; a bombe... |
| 3 | French | bombé | rounded, convex; past participle of bomber |
| 4 | Italian | bomba | bomb |
| 5 | Italian | bombo | bumblebee; buzzing |
| 6 | Latin | bombus | A buzz or humming sound |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βόμβος | any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,... |