Where does “mellbőség” come from?
mellbőség (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian bőség, from Hungarian bő, from Hungarian beɣ, from Ottoman Turkish بك, from Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏, from Proto-Turkic *bēg, from Proto-Iranian bagáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰagás — to divide, distribute, allot.
mellbőség (Hungarian): bust measurement, chest measurement
Definitions
- bust measurement, chest measurement
Ancestry of “mellbőség”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | bőség | abundance |
| 2 | Hungarian | bő | roomy, loose; plentiful, abundant |
| 3 | Hungarian | beɣ | — |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | بك | ruler; the ace in card- and boardgames |
| 5 | Old Turkic | 𐰋𐰏 | head of a clan, chief |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *bēg | — |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | bagáh | god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰagás | portion, part, share, allotment; fate, destiny;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰh₂g-ó-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂g- | to divide, distribute, allot |