Where does “fűnyíró gép” come from?

fűnyíró gép (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gép, from Hungarian gépely, from German Göpel, from German Gepel.

fűnyíró gép (Hungarian): lawnmower a device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions

Definitions

  1. lawnmower a device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions

Ancestry of “fűnyíró gép”, step by step

fűnyíró gép traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian gép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangépmachine; Ellipsis of számítógép; Ellipsis of...
2Hungariangépelylever, hoist, gin
3GermanGöpelhorse-gin
4GermanGepel—

via Hungarian nyíró

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyírópresent participle of nyír; cutter; cutting
2Hungariannyírto cut, trim; to mow, cut; to shear
3Proto-Uralicńüretwig; sprout

via Hungarian fű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfűgrass; pot, grass, marijuana
2Proto-Ugricpimɜgrass
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