Where does “meggyes” come from?
meggyes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian meggy, from English meg, from English nutmeg, from Middle English notemege, from Medieval Latin nux muga, from Medieval Latin nux muscata, from Classical Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος — mouse.
Ancestry of “meggyes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | meggy | sour cherry |
| 2 | English | meg | Any unit having the SI prefix mega- |
| 3 | English | nutmeg | An evergreen tree cultivated in the East Indies... |
| 4 | Middle English | notemege | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | nux muga | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | nux muscata | musky nut |
| 7 | Classical Latin | muscus | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μόσχος | young shoot or twig; leafstalk, petiole; calf,... |
| 9 | Middle Persian | mwšk' | musk |
| 10 | Sanskrit | मुष्क | testicle, scrotum |
| 11 | Sanskrit | मूष् | mouse; "stealer", "thief" |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |