Where does “köbgyök” come from?
köbgyök (Hungarian) comes 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, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
köbgyök (Hungarian): cube root
Definitions
- cube root
Ancestry of “köbgyök”, step by step
köbgyök traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian köb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | köb | cube |
| 2 | Hungarian | köböl | a measure of volume for grain crop, lumpy... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kübel | wooden vessel; this vessel as a measure of grain |
| 4 | Old High German | kubilo | — |
| 5 | Latin | cupula | A small tub or cask |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |