Where does “fékpedálok” come from?
fékpedálok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fékpedál, from Hungarian pedál, from German pedal, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedalis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Ancestry of “fékpedálok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fékpedál | brake pedal the pedal in a vehicle, usually a car, which operates the brakes |
| 2 | Hungarian | pedál | pedal |
| 3 | German | pedal | pedal |
| 4 | Italian | pedale | pedal; treadle; foot |
| 5 | Latin | pedalis | foot; measuring one foot long |
| 6 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |