Where does “spanyolviaszt” come from?
spanyolviaszt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian spanyolviasz, from Hungarian spanyol, from Malay Sepanyol, from Dutch spanjool, from French espagnol, from Middle French espaignol, from Old French espagneul, from Old Occitan espaignol — coast of hyraxes.
Ancestry of “spanyolviaszt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | spanyolviasz | sealing wax |
| 2 | Hungarian | spanyol | Spanish; Spaniard |
| 3 | Malay | Sepanyol | Spanish |
| 4 | Dutch | spanjool | Spaniard |
| 5 | French | espagnol | Spanish, from or otherwise related to Spain, its... |
| 6 | Middle French | espaignol | Spanish |
| 7 | Old French | espagneul | — |
| 8 | Old Occitan | espaignol | Spanish |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | Hispaniolus | Spanish; of Spain; Of Spain |
| 10 | Latin | Hispānus | Spaniard |
| 11 | Latin | Hispānia | — |
| 12 | Punic | אי שפן | coast of hyraxes |