Where does “Egert” come from?

Egert (Estonian) comes from Hungarian -ért, from Hungarian ért, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.

Ancestry of “Egert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-értfor. Used to form the causal-final case
2Hungarianértto understand; to mean, construe; be familiar...
3Hungarian-tUsed to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...
4Proto-Uralic-tt
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ttEvery word from Hungarian -tEvery word from Hungarian -ért
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