Where does “tükörtojás” come from?
tükörtojás (Hungarian) comes from German Spiegelei, from Dutch ei, from Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch ei, from Proto-West Germanic aij, from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs — ice, frost.
tükörtojás (Hungarian): fried egg, sunny side up
Ancestry of “tükörtojás”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Spiegelei | fried egg; the act of mirroring or reflecting |
| 2 | Dutch | ei | egg |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | ei | egg |
| 4 | Old Dutch | ei | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | aij | egg |
| 6 | English | ice | Water in frozen form; Any frozen volatile... |
| 7 | Middle English | is | ice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy... |
| 8 | Old English | īs | ice |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | īs | ice |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |
Words derived from “tükörtojás”