Where does “fényképezni” come from?
fényképezni (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fényképez, from Hungarian fénykép, from German Lichtbild, from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen — boundary, end.
fényképezni (Hungarian): infinitive of fényképez
Ancestry of “fényképezni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | fényképez | to photograph |
| 2 | Hungarian | fénykép | photograph, photo, picture |
| 3 | German | Lichtbild | photo, photograph; passport photo |
| 4 | German | licht | light, bright; unobstructed, clear |
| 5 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 6 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 7 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 8 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 12 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 13 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |