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Where does “vízrajz” come from?

vízrajz (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian rajz, from Hungarian rajzol, from German Reißen, from Middle High German rīzen, from Old High German rīzan, from Proto-West Germanic hrītan, from Proto-Germanic hrītaną — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.

vízrajz (Hungarian): hydrography

Definitions

  1. hydrography

Ancestry of “vízrajz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianrajzdrawing
2Hungarianrajzolto draw; second-person singular indicative...
3GermanReißen—
4Middle High Germanrīzen—
5Old High Germanrīzanto scratch
6Proto-West Germanichrītanto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
7Proto-Germanichrītanąto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
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