Where does “kerek perec” come from?
kerek perec (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian perec, from German brēzel, from Middle High German brēzel, from Old High German breztella, from Latin bracchiatus, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς — short.
kerek perec (Hungarian): point blank, straight from the shoulder, flat...
Definitions
- point blank, straight from the shoulder, flat...
Ancestry of “kerek perec”, step by step
kerek perec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian perec
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | perec | pretzel; bracelet, anklet |
| 2 | German | brēzel | pretzel; any kind of baked good in the form of a loose knot |
| 3 | Middle High German | brēzel | — |
| 4 | Old High German | breztella | — |
| 5 | Latin | bracchiatus | have branches like arms |
| 6 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |
via Hungarian kerék
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kerék | wheel |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ék | Added to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 4 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |