Where does “vasreszelék” come from?
vasreszelék (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian reszelék, from Hungarian -ék, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
vasreszelék (Hungarian): iron filings
Definitions
- iron filings
Ancestry of “vasreszelék”, step by step
vasreszelék traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian reszelék
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | reszelék | shavings, filings, scrapings small particles or pieces left after or created by shaving |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ék | Added to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 4 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Hungarian Vas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Vas | and in the former Kingdom of Hungary |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | waśke | a metal; copper, iron? |
| 3 | Proto-Tocharian | wi̯äsā | gold |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂é-h₂us-o- | glow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ews- | dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up |