Where does “tűzoltóautó” come from?
tűzoltóautó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian autó, from German Auto, from German automobil, from Spanish automóvil, from Russian автомоби́ль, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο- — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
tűzoltóautó (Hungarian): fire engine
Definitions
- fire engine
Ancestry of “tűzoltóautó”, step by step
tűzoltóautó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian autó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | autó | auto, automobile, car |
| 2 | German | Auto | car |
| 3 | German | automobil | automobile |
| 4 | Spanish | automóvil | automobile |
| 5 | Russian | автомоби́ль | car, automobile, motorcar |
| 6 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 7 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |
via Hungarian tűzoltó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tűzoltó | fire extinguishing; fireman |
| 2 | Hungarian | oltó | present participle of olt; extinguishing;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | ölt | to stitch; to don, put on; to assume, to take on... |
| 4 | Hungarian | öl | to kill, slay, murder; to devote, sacrifice,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | süle | bosom, lap, open arms |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *sögil | wart |