Where does “legókocka” come from?

legókocka (Hungarian) comes from Proto-Celtic lego-, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

legókocka (Hungarian): Lego brick

Definitions

  1. Lego brick

Ancestry of “legókocka”, step by step

legókocka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic lego-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticlego-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Hungarian kocka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankockacube; block, cube; die, dice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic lego- →