Where does “ámulatba ejt” come from?
ámulatba ejt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian éjt, from Hungarian esik, from Ottoman Turkish اشیك, from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k — door.
ámulatba ejt (Hungarian): to amaze, to astonish greatly
Definitions
- to amaze, to astonish greatly
Ancestry of “ámulatba ejt”, step by step
ámulatba ejt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian éjt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | éjt | accusative singular of éj |
| 2 | Hungarian | esik | to fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | اشیك | threshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | ēĺü-k | door |
via Hungarian ámulat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | ámulat | amazement, surprise, astonishment |
| 2 | Hungarian | ámul | to marvel, to wonder, to be amazed |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ül | Appended to an adjective to form an intransitive... |