Where does “vasútvillamos” come from?
vasútvillamos (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vasút, from German Eisenbahn, from German Bahn, from Middle High German ban, from Old High German bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô.
vasútvillamos (Hungarian): tram-train
Definitions
- tram-train
Ancestry of “vasútvillamos”, step by step
vasútvillamos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian vasút
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | vasút | railway, train line |
| 2 | German | Eisenbahn | railway, railroad; train |
| 3 | German | Bahn | route, trail; rail transport; tram, train;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | ban | — |
| 5 | Old High German | bana | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
via Hungarian villamos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | villamos | electric, electrical; tram, streetcar |
| 2 | Hungarian | villám | lightning; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Hungarian | villa | fork; villa |
| 4 | Italian | villa | mansion; detached house, residence; country... |
| 5 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 6 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 7 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |