Where does “köbméter” come from?
köbméter (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.
köbméter (Hungarian): cubic metre UK, cubic meter US unit of volume
Definitions
- cubic metre UK, cubic meter US unit of volume
Ancestry of “köbméter”, step by step
köbméter 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 |
via Hungarian méter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | méter | meter |
| 2 | German | Meter | meter unit of length |
| 3 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |