Where does “vécékefe” come from?

vécékefe (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kefe, from Ottoman Turkish كفه, from Arabic كُفَّة.

vécékefe (Hungarian): toilet brush a brush used to clean a toilet

Definitions

  1. toilet brush a brush used to clean a toilet

Ancestry of “vécékefe”, step by step

vécékefe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kefe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankefebrush
2Ottoman Turkishكفهbrush
3Arabicكُفَّة

via Hungarian vécé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvécéwater closet
2EnglishWCInitialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet;...
Every word from Arabic كُفَّة
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