Where does “buktát” come from?
buktát (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.
Ancestry of “buktát”, step by step
buktát traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian bukik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | bukik | to fall, tumble; nominative plural of buki |
| 2 | Hungarian | buki | bookie, bookmaker |
| 3 | English | bookie | A bookmaker, being a person who, or business... |
| 4 | English | bookmaker | A person who prints or binds books; A person who... |
| 5 | English | maker | Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes... |
| 6 | Middle English | maker | God as creator of all; Someone who makes; a... |
| 7 | Middle English | maken | To make or create; to have something made |
| 8 | Old English | macian | to make |
| 9 | Emilian | mâcia | spot, stain |
| 10 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |