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Where does “forgástengely” come from?

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

forgástengely (Hungarian): axis of rotation

Definitions

  1. axis of rotation

Ancestry of “forgástengely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianforgásrotation, revolution, spin, turn; passage
2Hungarianforogto revolve, rotate
3Hungarian-ögAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...
4Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
5Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
6Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →