Where does “forgatókönyv” come from?

forgatókönyv (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian forgató, from Hungarian forgat, from Proto-Uralic pürke- — turn.

forgatókönyv (Hungarian): screenplay, scenario

Definitions

  1. screenplay, scenario

Ancestry of “forgatókönyv”, step by step

forgatókönyv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian forgató

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianforgató—
2Hungarianforgatto rotate; to film, shoot
3Proto-Uralicpürke-turn

via Hungarian könyv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankönyvbook

Words derived from “forgatókönyv”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pürke- →Every word from Hungarian forgat →Every word from Hungarian forgató →