Where does “köpönyegforgató” come from?

köpönyegforgató (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian forgató, from Hungarian forgat, from Proto-Uralic pürke- — turn.

köpönyegforgató (Hungarian): turncoat

Definitions

  1. turncoat

Ancestry of “köpönyegforgató”, step by step

köpönyegforgató traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian forgató

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianforgató—
2Hungarianforgatto rotate; to film, shoot
3Proto-Uralicpürke-turn

via Hungarian köpönyeg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianköpönyegcloak, cape
Every word from Proto-Uralic pürke- →Every word from Hungarian forgat →Every word from Hungarian forgató →