Where does “légycsapó” come from?
légycsapó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csapó, 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.
légycsapó (Hungarian): flyswatter a hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them
Definitions
- flyswatter a hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them
Ancestry of “légycsapó”, step by step
légycsapó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian csapó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csapó | clapperboard |
| 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 |
via Hungarian légy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | légy | fly; second-person singular subjunctive present... |
| 2 | Hungarian | van | to be, to exist; to have; someone has something;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | kedve | third-person singular single-possession... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 5 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |