Where does “fogkefe” come from?

fogkefe (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kefe, from Ottoman Turkish كفه, from Arabic كُفَّة.

fogkefe (Hungarian): toothbrush

Definitions

  1. toothbrush

Ancestry of “fogkefe”, step by step

fogkefe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kefe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankefebrush
2Ottoman Turkishكفهbrush
3Arabicكُفَّة—

via Hungarian fog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfogto hold; to take; to catch, to capture
2Proto-Ugricpuŋɜ-to grasp, to catch

Words derived from “fogkefe”

Every word from Arabic كُفَّة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كفه →Every word from Hungarian kefe →
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