Where does “ringatott” come from?
ringatott (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ringat, from Hungarian ring, from English ring, from Middle English ryng, from Old English hring, from Proto-West Germanic hring, from Proto-Germanic hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ- — to cut, cut off, sever.
ringatott (Hungarian): third-person singular indicative past indefinite...
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- third-person singular indicative past indefinite...
Ancestry of “ringatott”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | ringat | causative of ring: to dandle, rock, cradle |
| 2 | Hungarian | ring | to swing, to rock; to sway, to roll; ring, boxing... |
| 3 | English | ring | A solid object in the shape of a circle; A group... |
| 4 | Middle English | ryng | ring |
| 5 | Old English | hring | ring |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hring | ring, circle |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hringaz | ring, circle; curve; sound, ring |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krengʰ- | to turn, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |