Where does “forgács” come from?

forgács (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian forog, from Hungarian -ög, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

forgács (Hungarian): chip, shaving flakes of wood or metal leftover in the process of carving or turning

Definitions

  1. chip, shaving flakes of wood or metal leftover in the process of carving or turning

Ancestry of “forgács”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianforogto revolve, rotate
2Hungarian-ögAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...
3Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “forgács”

Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →Every word from Hungarian -d →Every word from Hungarian -ög →