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Where does “önéletrajzi” come from?

önéletrajzi (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian önéletrajz, from Hungarian életrajz, from Hungarian rajz, from Hungarian rajzol, from German Reißen, from Middle High German rīzen, from Old High German rīzan, from Proto-West Germanic hrītan — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.

önéletrajzi (Hungarian): autobiographical

Definitions

  1. autobiographical

Ancestry of “önéletrajzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianönéletrajzcurriculum vitae , résumé; autobiography
2Hungarianéletrajzbiography
3Hungarianrajzdrawing
4Hungarianrajzolto draw; second-person singular indicative...
5GermanReißen—
6Middle High Germanrīzen—
7Old High Germanrīzanto scratch
8Proto-West Germanichrītanto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
9Proto-Germanichrītanąto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
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