Where does “ceruzatartó” come from?
ceruzatartó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tartó, from Hungarian tárt, from Hungarian tár, from Serbo-Croatian tovar, from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar — livestock, cattle.
ceruzatartó (Hungarian): pencil case, pencil box
Definitions
- pencil case, pencil box
Ancestry of “ceruzatartó”, step by step
ceruzatartó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian tartó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tartó | present participle of tart; holding, keeping;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | tárt | third-person singular indicative past indefinite... |
| 3 | Hungarian | tár | storehouse, repository; cabinet, collection;... |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | tovar | cargo; burden; load |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | tovarъ | loading |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *tabar | livestock, cattle |