Where does “legcsapongóbb” come from?
legcsapongóbb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csapongóbb, from Hungarian csapongó, from Hungarian csapong, from Hungarian csap, from German Zapfen, from Middle High German zapfen, from Old High German zapfo, from Frankish tappō — to share, divide.
Ancestry of “legcsapongóbb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csapongóbb | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | csapongó | digressive |
| 3 | Hungarian | csapong | to digress |
| 4 | Hungarian | csap | tap, faucet; spigot, pivot, peg, pin; cone |
| 5 | German | Zapfen | gerund of zapfen; plug, bung, pin, tap, spigot;... |
| 6 | Middle High German | zapfen | — |
| 7 | Old High German | zapfo | — |
| 8 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |