forog

See also: forøg

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *pürke- (*pȣrγɜ-) (to turn, revolve, spin)[1] + -og (frequentative suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈforoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: fo‧rog

Verb

forog

  1. (intransitive) to revolve, rotate (continuously)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elforog
  • fennforog
  • körülforog
  • leforog

(Expressions):

References

  1. Entry #837 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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