Where does “szervál” come from?
szervál (Hungarian) comes from English serve, from French servir, from German servieren, from Italian servire, from Spanish servir, from Latin serviō, from Latin servus, from Proto-Italic serwos — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
szervál (Hungarian): to serve; serval
Definitions
- to serve; serval
Ancestry of “szervál”, step by step
szervál traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English serve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | serve | An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play... |
| 2 | French | servir | to serve; to be used for; to be useful for... |
| 3 | German | servieren | to serve (food); to wait (at table) |
| 4 | Italian | servire | to serve; to need; to plate |
| 5 | Spanish | servir | to serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help... |
| 6 | Latin | serviō | to be a slave to; to serve |
| 7 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
via German Serval
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Serval | serval (Leptailurus serval) |
| 2 | French | serval | serval |
| 3 | Portuguese | cerval | Iberian lynx |
| 4 | Latin | cervarius | of, pertaining to, or connected with deer |
| 5 | Latin | cervus | deer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |