Where does “csipetke” come from?
csipetke (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csipet, from Hungarian csíp, from English Chip, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Proto-Germanic kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
csipetke (Hungarian): dumpling
Definitions
- dumpling
Ancestry of “csipetke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csipet | pinch; smidgen; a pinch of |
| 2 | Hungarian | csíp | to pinch |
| 3 | English | Chip | A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles |
| 4 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 5 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 6 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |