Where does “csavarhúzó” come from?

csavarhúzó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csavar, from Hungarian -ög, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

csavarhúzó (Hungarian): screwdriver

Definitions

  1. screwdriver

Ancestry of “csavarhúzó”, step by step

csavarhúzó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian csavar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsavarscrew, wood screw; bolt; to twist, turn
2Hungarian-ögAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...
3Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian húzó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhúzópresent participle of húz; drawing, pulling;...
2Hungarianhúzto pull, draw; to drag, haul
3Proto-Ugrickupɜ-tɜ-to tear, pull, draw

Words derived from “csavarhúzó”

Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →Every word from Hungarian -d →Every word from Hungarian -ög →