Where does “lávalámpáink” come from?
lávalámpáink (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lávalámpa, from Hungarian láva, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă — fox.
Ancestry of “lávalámpáink”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lávalámpa | lava lamp |
| 2 | Hungarian | láva | lava |
| 3 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 5 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 6 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 7 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 8 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 9 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |