Where does “vakupapucs” come from?
vakupapucs (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian papucs, from Ottoman Turkish پابوج, from Persian پاپوش, from Persian پا, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭, from Proto-Iranian pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
vakupapucs (Hungarian): accessory shoe clip or track on a camera that allows for a flash to be attached
Definitions
- accessory shoe clip or track on a camera that allows for a flash to be attached
Ancestry of “vakupapucs”, step by step
vakupapucs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian papucs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | papucs | slipper; henpecked |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پابوج | Vulgar form of پاپوش |
| 3 | Persian | پاپوش | slipper, babouche |
| 4 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via Hungarian vaku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | vaku | flash, camera flash device used to produce a flash of artificial light |