Where does “szárítógép” come from?
szárítógép (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gép, from Hungarian gépely, from German Göpel, from German Gepel.
szárítógép (Hungarian): clothes dryer, tumble dryer, dryer
Definitions
- clothes dryer, tumble dryer, dryer
Ancestry of “szárítógép”, step by step
szárítógép traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian gép
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | gép | machine; Ellipsis of számítógép; Ellipsis of... |
| 2 | Hungarian | gépely | lever, hoist, gin |
| 3 | German | Göpel | horse-gin |
| 4 | German | Gepel | — |
via Hungarian szárító
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szárító | present participle of szárít; drying; dryer |
| 2 | Hungarian | szárít | to dry |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śarɜ- | to become dry; to dry, become dry |