Where does “legcsípősebb” come from?
legcsípősebb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csípősebb, from Hungarian csípős, from Hungarian csíp, from English Chip, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Proto-Germanic kipp- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
Ancestry of “legcsípősebb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csípősebb | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | csípős | biting, stinging; stinging; hot, spicy |
| 3 | Hungarian | csíp | to pinch |
| 4 | English | Chip | A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles |
| 5 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 6 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 7 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |