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Where does “északkeleti” come from?

északkeleti (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian északkelet, from Hungarian kelet, from Hungarian kel, from Bavarian Keel, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.

északkeleti (Hungarian): northeastern

Definitions

  1. northeastern

Ancestry of “északkeleti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianészakkeletnortheast
2Hungariankeleteast; marketability; date of dispatch
3Hungariankelto get up, rise; to rise; to sprout, shoot, bud,...
4BavarianKeelSavoy cabbage
5Latincaulisdative plural of caulae; ablative plural of...
6Ancient Greekκαυλόςstem, stalk; shaft
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂ulós—
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