Where does “csapágy” come from?
csapágy (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csap, from German Zapfen, from Middle High German zapfen, from Old High German zapfo, from Frankish tappō, from Proto-Germanic tappô, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂p-, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂- — to share, divide.
csapágy (Hungarian): bearing
Definitions
- bearing
Ancestry of “csapágy”, step by step
csapágy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian csap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csap | tap, faucet; spigot, pivot, peg, pin; cone |
| 2 | German | Zapfen | gerund of zapfen; plug, bung, pin, tap, spigot;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zapfen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zapfo | — |
| 5 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |