Where does “motorkerékpár” come from?
motorkerékpár (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kerékpár, from Hungarian pár, from German paar, from Middle High German pâr, from Old High German par, from Latin pār, from Proto-Indo-European perH-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
motorkerékpár (Hungarian): motorcycle
Definitions
- motorcycle
Ancestry of “motorkerékpár”, step by step
motorkerékpár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kerékpár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kerékpár | bicycle |
| 2 | Hungarian | pár | pair, couple; partner, spouse; some, a few, a... |
| 3 | German | paar | some; few; a few |
| 4 | Middle High German | pâr | — |
| 5 | Old High German | par | — |
| 6 | Latin | pār | even (of a number) |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | perH- | to fly; fore, first; exchange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Hungarian motor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | motor | engine, motor |
| 2 | English | motor | A machine or device that converts other energy... |
| 3 | Middle English | motour | — |
| 4 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |