Where does “földrajz” come from?
földrajz (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian rajz, from Hungarian rajzol, from German Reißen, from Middle High German rīzen, from Old High German rīzan, from Proto-West Germanic hrītan, from Proto-Germanic hrītaną — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.
földrajz (Hungarian): geography
Ancestry of “földrajz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | rajz | drawing |
| 2 | Hungarian | rajzol | to draw; second-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | German | Reißen | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | rīzen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | rīzan | to scratch |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hrītan | to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrītaną | to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull |
Words derived from “földrajz”