Where does “ételes” come from?

ételes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian étel, from Hungarian eszik, from Hungarian ész, from Proto-Turkic es — memory; mind.

ételes (Hungarian): food-containing to describe a box or container

Definitions

  1. food-containing to describe a box or container

Ancestry of “ételes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianételfood
2Hungarianeszikto eat; third-person plural indicative present...
3Hungarianészintellect, brains, mind, reason, judgment,...
4Proto-Turkicesmemory; mind
Every word from Proto-Turkic esEvery word from Hungarian észEvery word from Hungarian eszik