Where does “kőfaragó” come from?

kőfaragó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian faragó, from Hungarian farag, from Hungarian -g — Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...

kőfaragó (Hungarian): stonecutter, stonemason, stone carver

Definitions

  1. stonecutter, stonemason, stone carver

Ancestry of “kőfaragó”, step by step

kőfaragó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian faragó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfaragósharpener
2Hungarianfaragto carve, whittle (wood), sculpt, sharpen (pencil)
3Hungarian-gAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...

via Hungarian kő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankőstone; Alternative form of kell
2Proto-Uralickiwerock, stone

Words derived from “kőfaragó”

Every word from Hungarian -g →Every word from Hungarian farag →Every word from Hungarian faragó →