Where does “lakmuszpapír” come from?
lakmuszpapír (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lakmusz, from German Lackmus, from Dutch lakmoes, from Dutch lak, from French laqué, from Middle French lache, from Omani Arabic لك, from Persian لاک — to protect.
lakmuszpapír (Hungarian): litmus paper paper containing a water-soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from certain lichens; the resulting piece of paper is used to test materials for acidity
Definitions
- litmus paper paper containing a water-soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from certain lichens; the resulting piece of paper is used to test materials for acidity
Ancestry of “lakmuszpapír”, step by step
lakmuszpapír traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian lakmusz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lakmusz | litmus a dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels |
| 2 | German | Lackmus | litmus |
| 3 | Dutch | lakmoes | litmus |
| 4 | Dutch | lak | lacquer; foolery, foolishness, nonsense;... |
| 5 | French | laqué | past participle of laquer; glazed |
| 6 | Middle French | lache | — |
| 7 | Omani Arabic | لك | — |
| 8 | Persian | لاک | trough, wooden vessel |
| 9 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 10 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 11 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 12 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 13 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂lek- | to protect |
via Hungarian papír
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | papír | paper |
| 2 | German | papier | paper material |
| 3 | Middle High German | papier | — |
| 4 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 5 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 6 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 7 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 8 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 9 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 10 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 11 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |