Where does “esőcsepp” come from?
esőcsepp (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian eső, from Hungarian esik, from Ottoman Turkish اشیك, from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k — door.
esőcsepp (Hungarian): raindrop
Definitions
- raindrop
Ancestry of “esőcsepp”, step by step
esőcsepp traces back through two 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 csepp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csepp | tiny; drop; bit |