Where does “kefekötő” come from?
kefekötő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kefe, from Ottoman Turkish كفه, from Arabic كُفَّة.
kefekötő (Hungarian): brushmaker
Ancestry of “kefekötő”, step by step
kefekötő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kefe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kefe | brush |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | كفه | brush |
| 3 | Arabic | كُفَّة | — |
via Hungarian kötő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kötő | present participle of köt; knitting; binding |
| 2 | Hungarian | köt | to bind, tie; to knit |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kütke- | to bind |
Words derived from “kefekötő”