Where does “szúnyogcsípés” come from?
szúnyogcsípés (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csípés, from Hungarian csíp, from English Chip, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Proto-Germanic kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
szúnyogcsípés (Hungarian): mosquito bite
Definitions
- mosquito bite
Ancestry of “szúnyogcsípés”, step by step
szúnyogcsípés traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian csípés
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csípés | pitch, nip; sting, bite |
| 2 | Hungarian | csíp | to pinch |
| 3 | English | Chip | A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles |
| 4 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 5 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 6 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |