Where does “negyvenszög” come from?
negyvenszög (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szög, from Hungarian sző, from Hungarian -et, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
negyvenszög (Hungarian): tetracontagon a polygon with forty sides and forty angles
Definitions
- tetracontagon a polygon with forty sides and forty angles
Ancestry of “negyvenszög”, step by step
negyvenszög traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian szög
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szög | nail; angle; angle, viewing direction |
| 2 | Hungarian | sző | to weave; to spin; to plot |
| 3 | Hungarian | -et | Added to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é- | — |
| 5 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 6 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via Hungarian negyven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | negyven | forty |