Where does “leghallgatagabb” come from?
leghallgatagabb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hallgatagabb, from Hungarian hallgatag, from Hungarian hallgat, from Hungarian hall, from German halle, from Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Frankish hallu — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
Ancestry of “leghallgatagabb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | hallgatagabb | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | hallgatag | taciturn, silent, reticent; noiseless |
| 3 | Hungarian | hallgat | to listen to something; to take a course in... |
| 4 | Hungarian | hall | to hear; middle-sized, windowless room, entryway,... |
| 5 | German | halle | inflection of hallen: ## first-person singular... |
| 6 | Middle High German | halle | — |
| 7 | Old High German | halla | — |
| 8 | Frankish | hallu | large room, hall; hall |
| 9 | Finnish | halu | desire; urge, itch |
| 10 | Finnish | halata | to hug, embrace; to want |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |