Where does “néprajzi” come from?
néprajzi (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian néprajz, from Hungarian rajz, from Hungarian rajzol, from German Reißen, from Middle High German rīzen, from Old High German rīzan, from Proto-West Germanic hrītan, from Proto-Germanic hrītaną — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.
néprajzi (Hungarian): ethnographic, ethnographical
Definitions
- ethnographic, ethnographical
Ancestry of “néprajzi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | néprajz | ethnography |
| 2 | Hungarian | rajz | drawing |
| 3 | Hungarian | rajzol | to draw; second-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | German | Reißen | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | rīzen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | rīzan | to scratch |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hrītan | to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrītaną | to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull |