Where does “telefonvonalak” come from?
telefonvonalak (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian telefonvonal, from Hungarian vonal, from Hungarian von, from Korean 원, from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana — on, onto.
Ancestry of “telefonvonalak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | telefonvonal | telephone line, phone line |
| 2 | Hungarian | vonal | line; line, route; file |
| 3 | Hungarian | von | to pull, draw, attract; to cover, envelop,... |
| 4 | Korean | 원 | won; the official currency of South Korea, sign =... |
| 5 | English | One | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number |
| 6 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 7 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |