Where does “lombikbébik” come from?
lombikbébik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lombikbébi, from Hungarian bébi, from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “lombikbébik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lombikbébi | test tube baby |
| 2 | Hungarian | bébi | baby |
| 3 | English | baby | A very young human, particularly from birth to a... |
| 4 | Middle English | baby | A child or baby |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |