Where does “gleccserek” come from?
gleccserek (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gleccser, from German Gletscher, from Alemannic German Gletscher, from Romansch glatscher, from Latin glaciarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
Ancestry of “gleccserek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | gleccser | glacier |
| 2 | German | Gletscher | glacier |
| 3 | Alemannic German | Gletscher | glacier |
| 4 | Romansch | glatscher | — |
| 5 | Latin | glaciarium | glacier |
| 6 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |