Where does “lapolvasó” come from?

lapolvasó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian olvasó, from Hungarian olvas, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lapolvasó (Hungarian): scanner

Definitions

  1. scanner

Ancestry of “lapolvasó”, step by step

lapolvasó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian olvasó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianolvasópresent participle of olvas; reading; counting
2Hungarianolvasto read
3Proto-Uralicluke-to count
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Hungarian láp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlápmoor
2Proto-Uralicläppäspleen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic luke- →Every word from Hungarian olvas →