Where does “képkocka” come from?

képkocka (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kép, from Proto-Turkic *kēp — form, example, image.

képkocka (Hungarian): frame piece of photographic film containing an image

Definitions

  1. frame piece of photographic film containing an image

Ancestry of “képkocka”, step by step

képkocka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianképmanner, way, method; form, shape, appearence;...
2Proto-Turkic*kēpform, example, image

via Hungarian kocka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankockacube; block, cube; die, dice
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kēpEvery word from Hungarian kép