Where does “facsavarra” come from?
facsavarra (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian facsavar, from Hungarian csavar, from Hungarian -ög, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
Ancestry of “facsavarra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | facsavar | wood screw |
| 2 | Hungarian | csavar | screw, wood screw; bolt; to twist, turn |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ög | Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 5 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 6 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |