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
Definitions
- fried egg, sunny side up
Ancestry of “tükörtojás”, step by step
tükörtojás traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Spiegelei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via Hungarian tojás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tojás | egg |
| 2 | Hungarian | tojik | to lay |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |
via Hungarian tükör
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tükör | mirror |