Where does “kábeltévé” come from?
kábeltévé (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kábel, from German kabel, from Polish kabel, from German Kabel, from Middle High German kabel, from Middle Dutch cabel, from French câble, from Old French cable — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
kábeltévé (Hungarian): cable television
Definitions
- cable television
Ancestry of “kábeltévé”, step by step
kábeltévé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kábel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kábel | cable |
| 2 | German | kabel | inflection of kabeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Polish | kabel | cable; snitch, informant |
| 4 | German | Kabel | cable; telegram; thick rope |
| 5 | Middle High German | kabel | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | cabel | thick rope |
| 7 | French | câble | cable; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 8 | Old French | cable | — |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | caplum | — |
| 10 | Latin | capulum | handle; hilt; halter, lasso |
| 11 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |