Where does “csapóajtó” come from?
csapóajtó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csapó, 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- — to share, divide.
csapóajtó (Hungarian): trapdoor a hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling
Definitions
- trapdoor a hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling
Ancestry of “csapóajtó”, step by step
csapóajtó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian csapó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csapó | clapperboard |
| 2 | Hungarian | csap | tap, faucet; spigot, pivot, peg, pin; cone |
| 3 | German | Zapfen | gerund of zapfen; plug, bung, pin, tap, spigot;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | zapfen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zapfo | — |
| 6 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |