Where does “eső után köpönyeg” come from?
eső után köpönyeg (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian eső, from Hungarian esik, from Ottoman Turkish اشیك, from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k — door.
eső után köpönyeg (Hungarian): close the stable door after the horse has bolted, cry over spilt milk it's too late to be careful after a sustained damage
Definitions
- close the stable door after the horse has bolted, cry over spilt milk it's too late to be careful after a sustained damage
Ancestry of “eső után köpönyeg”, step by step
eső után köpönyeg traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian eső
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | eső | present participle of esik; rain |
| 2 | Hungarian | esik | to fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | اشیك | threshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | ēĺü-k | door |
via Hungarian után
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | után | after |
via Hungarian köpönyeg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | köpönyeg | cloak, cape |