Where does “lőporraktár” come from?
lőporraktár (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lőpor, from Hungarian pór, from Bavarian paur, from German bauen, from Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan, from Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic būaną — to become, grow, appear.
lőporraktár (Hungarian): powder room, magazine
Definitions
- powder room, magazine
Ancestry of “lőporraktár”, step by step
lőporraktár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian lőpor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lőpor | gunpowder an explosive mixture |
| 2 | Hungarian | pór | peasant |
| 3 | Bavarian | paur | farmer |
| 4 | German | bauen | to build; to construct; to roll a joint; to rely |
| 5 | Middle High German | būwen | to build |
| 6 | Old High German | būan | to build |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *būan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |