Where does “keverőcsapok” come from?
keverőcsapok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian keverőcsap, from Hungarian csap, from German Zapfen, from Middle High German zapfen, from Old High German zapfo, from Frankish tappō, from Proto-Germanic tappô, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂p- — to share, divide.
Ancestry of “keverőcsapok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | keverőcsap | mixer tap a tap in which the amount of hot and cold water emerging from a single outlet can be independently varied, usually with a lever |
| 2 | Hungarian | csap | tap, faucet; spigot, pivot, peg, pin; cone |
| 3 | German | Zapfen | gerund of zapfen; plug, bung, pin, tap, spigot;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | zapfen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zapfo | — |
| 6 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |