Where does “gondolák” come from?
gondolák (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gondola, from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, from Greek κοντούρα, from Italian contorno, from French contour, from French contourner, from Vulgar Latin contornare — resin.
gondolák (Hungarian): nominative plural of gondola
Definitions
- nominative plural of gondola
Ancestry of “gondolák”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | gondola | gondola a small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice |
| 2 | Italian | gondola | gondola; nacelle; pod |
| 3 | Venetian | góndoła | gondola |
| 4 | Greek | κοντούρα | the finish of a design; outline |
| 5 | Italian | contorno | contour, outline; vegetables; first-person... |
| 6 | French | contour | contour |
| 7 | French | contourner | to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | contornare | — |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |