Where does “köbcsontok” come from?
köbcsontok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian köbcsont, from Hungarian köb, from Hungarian köböl, from Middle High German kübel, from Old High German kubilo, from Latin cupula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Ancestry of “köbcsontok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | köbcsont | cuboid bone, cuboid one of the seven tarsal bones of the foot |
| 2 | Hungarian | köb | cube |
| 3 | Hungarian | köböl | a measure of volume for grain crop, lumpy... |
| 4 | Middle High German | kübel | wooden vessel; this vessel as a measure of grain |
| 5 | Old High German | kubilo | — |
| 6 | Latin | cupula | A small tub or cask |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |