Where does “csapnivaló” come from?
csapnivaló (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csapni, 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.
csapnivaló (Hungarian): abject, contemptible; atrocious, execrable,...
Definitions
- abject, contemptible; atrocious, execrable,...
Ancestry of “csapnivaló”, step by step
csapnivaló traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian csapni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csapni | infinitive of csap |
| 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 |
via Hungarian való
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | való | meant, supposed; fitting, suitable, appropriate;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | van | to be, to exist; to have; someone has something;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | kedve | third-person singular single-possession... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 5 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |