Where does “varázsszőnyeg” come from?
varázsszőnyeg (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian varázs, from Hungarian varázsol, from Proto-Slavic vȏrgъ, from Proto-Slavic verťi, from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
varázsszőnyeg (Hungarian): magic carpet
Definitions
- magic carpet
Ancestry of “varázsszőnyeg”, step by step
varázsszőnyeg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian varázs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | varázs | magic; enchantment, spell |
| 2 | Hungarian | varázsol | to practice magic, do things by magic; to change... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vȏrgъ | foe, enemy |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | verťi | to roll, turn; to throw, cast |
| 5 | Latin | vertere | inflection of vertō: ## third-person plural... |
| 6 | Latin | verto | I turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Hungarian szőnyeg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szőnyeg | carpet |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ég | Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action |
| 3 | Hungarian | -é- | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 5 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |