Where does “hullámvasút” come from?

hullámvasút (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vasút, from German Eisenbahn, from German Bahn, from Middle High German ban, from Old High German bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô.

hullámvasút (Hungarian): roller coaster

Definitions

  1. roller coaster

Ancestry of “hullámvasút”, step by step

hullámvasút traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian vasút

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvasútrailway, train line
2GermanEisenbahnrailway, railroad; train
3GermanBahnroute, trail; rail transport; tram, train;...
4Middle High Germanban—
5Old High Germanbana—
6Proto-West Germanic*banu—
7Proto-Germanicbanōa battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared...
8Proto-Germanicbanômurderer
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-on-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

via Hungarian hullám

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhullámwave; first-person singular single-possession...
2Hungarianhullacorpse; exhausted, shattered
3Hungarianhullto fall; to flow; to fall out
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickulɜ-—

Words derived from “hullámvasút”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on- →