Where does “merevlemez” come from?
merevlemez (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lemez, from Proto-Slavic lemešь, from Latvian lemesis — plowshare.
merevlemez (Hungarian): hard drive, hard disk, hard disk drive
Definitions
- hard drive, hard disk, hard disk drive
Ancestry of “merevlemez”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | lemez | metal plate, lamina; record |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | lemešь | ploughshare; plough |
| 3 | Latvian | lemesis | plowshare |