Where does “kerékpárverseny” come from?
kerékpárverseny (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kerékpár, from Hungarian pár, from German paar, from Middle High German pâr, from Old High German par, from Latin pār, from Proto-Indo-European perH-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
kerékpárverseny (Hungarian): bicycle race
Definitions
- bicycle race
Ancestry of “kerékpárverseny”, step by step
kerékpárverseny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kerékpár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kerékpár | bicycle |
| 2 | Hungarian | pár | pair, couple; partner, spouse; some, a few, a... |
| 3 | German | paar | some; few; a few |
| 4 | Middle High German | pâr | — |
| 5 | Old High German | par | — |
| 6 | Latin | pār | even (of a number) |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | perH- | to fly; fore, first; exchange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Hungarian verseny
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | verseny | race, contest, competition |
| 2 | Hungarian | verseng | to compete, contend |
| 3 | Hungarian | vers | verse, poem; race |
| 4 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 5 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |