Where does “verbunkosok” come from?
verbunkosok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian verbunkos, 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.
Ancestry of “verbunkosok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | verbunkos | verbunkos an 18th-century Hungarian military genre of dance and music, typically divided into fast and slow sections |
| 2 | Hungarian | verbunk | recruitment |
| 3 | German | Werbung | promotion, solicitation, recruitment; commercial... |
| 4 | German | werben | to recruit; to enlist; to promote, advertise; to... |
| 5 | Middle High German | werben | — |
| 6 | Old High German | werban | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hwerbaną | to turn; turn around; to move; move about; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷerp- | to turn; to whirl, to twist |