Where does “gépfegyver” come from?

gépfegyver (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gép, from Hungarian gépely, from German Göpel, from German Gepel.

gépfegyver (Hungarian): machine gun

Definitions

  1. machine gun

Ancestry of “gépfegyver”, step by step

gépfegyver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian gép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangépmachine; Ellipsis of számítógép; Ellipsis of...
2Hungariangépelylever, hoist, gin
3GermanGöpelhorse-gin
4GermanGepel—

via Hungarian fegyver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfegyverweapon

Words derived from “gépfegyver”

Every word from German Gepel →Every word from German Göpel →Every word from Hungarian gépely →