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Where does “sróf” come from?

sróf (Hungarian) comes from German Schraube, from Middle High German schrūbe.

Ancestry of “sróf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchraubescrew
2Middle High Germanschrūbe—

Words derived from “sróf”

  • šraf
  • šaraf
  • шараф
  • шраф
  • шрафцигер
Every word from Middle High German schrūbe →