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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

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

Words derived from “csavarhúzó”

  • csavarhúzók
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →