Where does “kockán forog” come from?
kockán forog (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian forog, from Hungarian -ög, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
kockán forog (Hungarian): to be at stake
Definitions
- to be at stake
Ancestry of “kockán forog”, step by step
kockán forog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian forog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | forog | to revolve, rotate |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ög | Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 4 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 5 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via Hungarian kocka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kocka | cube; block, cube; die, dice |