Where does “fejőgép” come from?
fejőgép (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gép, from Hungarian gépely, from German Göpel, from German Gepel.
fejőgép (Hungarian): milking machine
Ancestry of “fejőgép”, step by step
fejőgép traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian gép
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | gép | machine; Ellipsis of számítógép; Ellipsis of... |
| 2 | Hungarian | gépely | lever, hoist, gin |
| 3 | German | Göpel | horse-gin |
| 4 | German | Gepel | — |
via Hungarian fejő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fejő | present participle of fej; milker |
| 2 | Hungarian | fej | head; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |