Where does “gyufaskatulyák” come from?
gyufaskatulyák (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gyufaskatulya, from Hungarian skatulya, from Italian scatola, from Latin castula, from Latin castus, from Latin careō, from Proto-Italic kazēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
Ancestry of “gyufaskatulyák”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | gyufaskatulya | matchbox a small cardboard box in which matches are kept |
| 2 | Hungarian | skatulya | (smaller) box, case |
| 3 | Italian | scatola | box; tin, can |
| 4 | Latin | castula | A kind of petticoat used by women |
| 5 | Latin | castus | morally pure, guiltless; pure, chaste, free from... |
| 6 | Latin | careō | to lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kazēō | to lack |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |