Where does “tűzoltó” come from?
tűzoltó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian oltó, from Hungarian ölt, from Hungarian öl, from Proto-Uralic süle, from Proto-Turkic *sögil — wart.
tűzoltó (Hungarian): fire extinguishing; fireman
Definitions
- fire extinguishing; fireman
Ancestry of “tűzoltó”, step by step
tűzoltó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian oltó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | oltó | present participle of olt; extinguishing;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | ölt | to stitch; to don, put on; to assume, to take on... |
| 3 | Hungarian | öl | to kill, slay, murder; to devote, sacrifice,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | süle | bosom, lap, open arms |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | *sögil | wart |
via Hungarian tűz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tűz | fire; fire, passion; to pin, to stitch |
| 2 | Hungarian | tövik | to stitch; to prick, drill; to prick, stab;... |
Words derived from “tűzoltó”