Where does “tusfürdő” come from?

tusfürdő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tüs, from German tusch, from French touché, from French toucher, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.

tusfürdő (Hungarian): shower gel

Definitions

  1. shower gel

Ancestry of “tusfürdő”, step by step

tusfürdő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tüs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungariantüsIndian ink black ink made from lampblack
2Germantuschsingular imperative of tuschen; first-person...
3Frenchtouchépast participle of toucher
4FrenchtoucherThe act of touching; A way of touching; The sense...
5German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
6French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
7English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
8Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
9Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
10Latin-ārefirst conjugation
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
15Chichewaiyehe, she

via Hungarian fürdő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfürdőpresent participle of fürdik; bathing; public...
2Hungarianfürdikto have a bath, bathe; to dip, bathe
3Hungarianforogto revolve, rotate
4Hungarian-ögAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...
5Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
6Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
7Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from French -er