Where does “csepeg” come from?

csepeg (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -ég, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

csepeg (Hungarian): to drip, dribble, drop

Definitions

  1. to drip, dribble, drop

Ancestry of “csepeg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-égAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action
2Hungarian-é-—
3Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
4Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →Every word from Hungarian -d →Every word from Hungarian -ég →
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