Where does “portok” come from?
portok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian port, from Hungarian pór, from Bavarian paur, from German bauen, from Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan, from Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic būaną — to become, grow, appear.
portok (Hungarian): nominative plural of port; anther
Definitions
- nominative plural of port; anther
Ancestry of “portok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | port | port; accusative singular of por |
| 2 | Hungarian | pór | peasant |
| 3 | Bavarian | paur | farmer |
| 4 | German | bauen | to build; to construct; to roll a joint; to rely |
| 5 | Middle High German | būwen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | būan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *būan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |