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Where does “zsíroz” come from?

zsíroz (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -öz, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

zsíroz (Hungarian): to grease, oil, lubricate

Definitions

  1. to grease, oil, lubricate

Ancestry of “zsíroz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-özAppended to a noun to form a verb; Appended to a...
2Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
3Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
4Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →