Where does “szarrágó” come from?

szarrágó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian rágó, from Hungarian rág, from Proto-Uralic ruŋke- — gnaw.

szarrágó (Hungarian): particularly stingy, tight-assed often used in small-minded sense as well

Definitions

  1. particularly stingy, tight-assed often used in small-minded sense as well

Ancestry of “szarrágó”, step by step

szarrágó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian rágó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianrágópresent participle of rág; Ellipsis of rágógumi
2Hungarianrágto chew
3Proto-Uralicruŋke-gnaw

via Hungarian szár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszárstem, stalk; leg; stem
Every word from Proto-Uralic ruŋke- →Every word from Hungarian rág →Every word from Hungarian rágó →