Where does “munkagép” come from?

munkagép (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gép, from Hungarian gépely, from German Göpel, from German Gepel.

munkagép (Hungarian): machine a devide driven by animals or people that produces valuable work for a human

Definitions

  1. machine a devide driven by animals or people that produces valuable work for a human

Ancestry of “munkagép”, step by step

munkagép traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian gép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangépmachine; Ellipsis of számítógép; Ellipsis of...
2Hungariangépelylever, hoist, gin
3GermanGöpelhorse-gin
4GermanGepel—

via Hungarian munka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmunkawork, job; work
2Proto-Slavicmǫkatorment, torture; flour
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*mánkāˀ—

Words derived from “munkagép”

Every word from German Gepel →Every word from German Göpel →Every word from Hungarian gépely →
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