Where does “partifecskék” come from?
partifecskék (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian partifecske, from Hungarian parti, from Hungarian párt, from Hungarian pár, from German paar, from Middle High German pâr, from Old High German par, from Latin pār — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “partifecskék”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | partifecske | sand martin |
| 2 | Hungarian | parti | a marriageable person, eligible partner; a game... |
| 3 | Hungarian | párt | party; accusative singular of pár |
| 4 | Hungarian | pár | pair, couple; partner, spouse; some, a few, a... |
| 5 | German | paar | some; few; a few |
| 6 | Middle High German | pâr | — |
| 7 | Old High German | par | — |
| 8 | Latin | pār | even (of a number) |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | perH- | to fly; fore, first; exchange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |