Where does “díszzsebkendő” come from?
díszzsebkendő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zsebkendő, from Hungarian zseb, from Ottoman Turkish جیب, from Classical Persian جیب, from Arabic جَيْب, from Sanskrit ज्या, from Sanskrit जीव, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́iHwás — to live.
díszzsebkendő (Hungarian): pocket square, pocket handkerchief
Definitions
- pocket square, pocket handkerchief
Ancestry of “díszzsebkendő”, step by step
díszzsebkendő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian zsebkendő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | zsebkendő | handkerchief |
| 2 | Hungarian | zseb | |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | جیب | |
| 4 | Classical Persian | جیب | — |
| 5 | Arabic | جَيْب | pocket; opening in a garment; pocket; bosom, fold... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | ज्या | bow-string, tendon; sine |
| 7 | Sanskrit | जीव | alive, living; life, existence; any living being,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́iHwás | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰiHwás | alive |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
via Hungarian dísz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | dísz | ornament, decoration |