Where does “műkorcsolyázás” come from?
műkorcsolyázás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian korcsolyázás, from Hungarian korcsolyázik, from Hungarian korcsolya, from Italian chiocciola, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας, from Ancient Greek κόχλος — shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...
műkorcsolyázás (Hungarian): figure skating
Definitions
- figure skating
Ancestry of “műkorcsolyázás”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | korcsolyázás | ice skating |
| 2 | Hungarian | korcsolyázik | to skate |
| 3 | Hungarian | korcsolya | skate |
| 4 | Italian | chiocciola | snail |
| 5 | Latin | cochlea | snail; snail shell; spiral |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κοχλίας | snail with a spiral-shell; spiral; spiral, snail... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κόχλος | shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing... |