Where does “legvontatottabb” come from?

legvontatottabb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vontatottabb, from Hungarian vontatott, from Hungarian vontat, from Hungarian -tat, from Hungarian -tatik, from Swahili -tata, from Swedish tät, from French tête — a third party standing, after the two parties to...

Ancestry of “legvontatottabb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvontatottabb
2Hungarianvontatottdrawling, protracted, sluggish, languid
3Hungarianvontatto tow, to tug, to haul
4Hungarian-tatAdded to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of...
5Hungarian-tatikAdded to a back-vowel verb to form a verb with a...
6Swahili-tata
7Swedishtätdense, thick "or" crowded; dense; compact;...
8Frenchtêtehead; header; a bright spark, a quick study
9Middle Frenchtestehead
10Old Frenchtestehead
11Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
12Latinterstis
13Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
14Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂sEvery word from Latin trīstisEvery word from Latin terstis