Where does “cifra réce” come from?
cifra réce (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cifra, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
cifra réce (Hungarian): Baikal teal (Anas formosa)
Definitions
- Baikal teal (Anas formosa)
Ancestry of “cifra réce”, step by step
cifra réce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian cifra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | cifra | ornamented, gaudy; indecent, vulgar, dirty |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | cifra | zero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero |
| 3 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |
via Hungarian réce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | réce | duck, teal |
| 2 | Italian | rezze | plural of rezza |
| 3 | Hungarian | -vé | The front-vowel variant of -vá. See details there |