Where does “sebészkés” come from?

sebészkés (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian sebész, from Hungarian seb, from English Sebastian, from Latin Sebastianus, from Latin Sebastus, from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός, from Latin Augustus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-.

sebészkés (Hungarian): scalpel, bistoury a small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery

Definitions

  1. scalpel, bistoury a small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery

Ancestry of “sebészkés”, step by step

sebészkés traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian sebész

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansebészsurgeon
2Hungariansebwound
3EnglishSebastian
4LatinSebastianus
5LatinSebastus
6Ancient GreekΣεβαστόςaugust, venerable, exalted
7LatinAugustusvenerable
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-

via Hungarian kés

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankésknife
2Proto-Uralickečɜknife
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-