Where does “verbunkos” come from?
verbunkos (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian verbunk, from German Werbung, from German werben, from Middle High German werben, from Old High German werban, from Proto-Germanic hwerbaną, from Proto-Indo-European kʷerp- — to turn; to whirl, to twist.
verbunkos (Hungarian): verbunkos an 18th-century Hungarian military genre of dance and music, typically divided into fast and slow sections
Definitions
- verbunkos an 18th-century Hungarian military genre of dance and music, typically divided into fast and slow sections
Ancestry of “verbunkos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | verbunk | recruitment |
| 2 | German | Werbung | promotion, solicitation, recruitment; commercial... |
| 3 | German | werben | to recruit; to enlist; to promote, advertise; to... |
| 4 | Middle High German | werben | — |
| 5 | Old High German | werban | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hwerbaną | to turn; turn around; to move; move about; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷerp- | to turn; to whirl, to twist |