Where does “legbukottabb” come from?
legbukottabb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian bukottabb, from Hungarian bukott, from Hungarian bukik, from Hungarian buki, from English bookie, from English bookmaker, from English maker, from Middle English maker — smear, rub.
Ancestry of “legbukottabb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | bukottabb | comparative degree of bukott |
| 2 | Hungarian | bukott | third-person singular indicative past indefinite... |
| 3 | Hungarian | bukik | to fall, tumble; nominative plural of buki |
| 4 | Hungarian | buki | bookie, bookmaker |
| 5 | English | bookie | A bookmaker, being a person who, or business... |
| 6 | English | bookmaker | A person who prints or binds books; A person who... |
| 7 | English | maker | Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes... |
| 8 | Middle English | maker | God as creator of all; Someone who makes; a... |
| 9 | Middle English | maken | To make or create; to have something made |
| 10 | Old English | macian | to make |
| 11 | Emilian | mâcia | spot, stain |
| 12 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |