Where does “legviccesebb” come from?
legviccesebb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian viccesebb, from Hungarian vicces, from Hungarian vicc, from German witz, from Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic wītī, from Proto-Germanic witją — to see.
legviccesebb (Hungarian): superlative degree of vicces
Definitions
- superlative degree of vicces
Ancestry of “legviccesebb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | viccesebb | comparative degree of vicces |
| 2 | Hungarian | vicces | funny, humorous |
| 3 | Hungarian | vicc | joke |
| 4 | German | witz | joke |
| 5 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 6 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |