Where does “számkukac” come from?

számkukac (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kukac, from Serbo-Croatian kúkac, from Serbo-Croatian kȕka, from Proto-Slavic kuka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kaukāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European klHk(ᵂ)-(n)-.

számkukac (Hungarian): paper-pusher

Definitions

  1. paper-pusher

Ancestry of “számkukac”, step by step

számkukac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kukac

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankukacmaggot; at sign, at; willy, wee-wee
2Serbo-Croatiankúkacinsect
3Serbo-Croatiankȕkahook
4Proto-Slavickukahook; goblin
5Proto-Balto-Slavickaukāˀ—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanklHk(ᵂ)-(n)-—

via Hungarian szám

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszámnumber; number, figure, numeric, data; number,...
2Hungarianszájmouth, oral
3Proto-Uralicśoximouth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klHk(ᵂ)-(n)- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kaukāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic kuka →