Where does “napraforgó” come from?
napraforgó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian forgó, from Hungarian forog, from Hungarian -ög, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
napraforgó (Hungarian): sunflower
Definitions
- sunflower
Ancestry of “napraforgó”, step by step
napraforgó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian forgó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | forgó | present participle of forog; turning, revolving,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | forog | to revolve, rotate |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ög | Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 5 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 6 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |