Where does “szemel” come from?

szemel (Hungarian) comes from German schimmel, from Middle High German schimel, from Old High German skimbal — mould.

szemel (Hungarian): to select, pick out, sort out

Definitions

  1. to select, pick out, sort out

Ancestry of “szemel”, step by step

szemel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schimmel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschimmelinflection of schimmeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanschimel—
3Old High Germanskimbalmould

via Hungarian szem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszemeye; grain; grain, speck
2Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

Words derived from “szemel”

Every word from Old High German skimbal →Every word from Middle High German schimel →Every word from German schimmel →