Where does “övesállat” come from?
övesállat (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian állat, from Hungarian -at, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.
övesállat (Hungarian): armadillo
Ancestry of “övesállat”, step by step
övesállat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian állat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | állat | animal; accusative singular of áll; to keep... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -at | Added to a back-vowel verb to form a verb with a... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |
via Hungarian öves
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | öves | belted |
| 2 | Hungarian | öv | belt |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | uwa | stream |