Where does “nagyszoba” come from?

nagyszoba (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szóba, from Old High German stuba, from Proto-Germanic *stubu.

nagyszoba (Hungarian): great room, living room

Definitions

  1. great room, living room

Ancestry of “nagyszoba”, step by step

nagyszoba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szóba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszóbaillative singular of szó
2Old High Germanstubaa heated room; bathroom; step
3Proto-Germanic*stubu

via Hungarian Nagy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianNagybig, great
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stubu