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Where does “Budapest” come from?

Budapest comes from Hungarian Buda, the name of a historical city on the west bank of the Danube River.

Ancestry of “Budapest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianBudapest—
2HungarianPest—
3Old Church Slavonicпещь—
4Proto-Slavicpeťьoven
5Proto-Slavicpeťito bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to...
6Proto-Balto-Slavicpekteito bake
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—

Words derived from “Budapest”

  • Budapestian
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