Where does “földrajzi” come from?
földrajzi (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian földrajz, 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.
földrajzi (Hungarian): geographical
Ancestry of “földrajzi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | földrajz | geography |
| 2 | Hungarian | rajz | drawing |
| 3 | Hungarian | rajzol | to draw; second-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | German | Reißen | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | rīzen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | rīzan | to scratch |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hrītan | to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrītaną | to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull |