Where does “BKV” come from?

BKV (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian budapesti, from Hungarian Budapest, from Hungarian Pest, from Old Church Slavonic пещь, from Proto-Slavic peťь, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti.

BKV (Hungarian): the main public transport operator in Budapest, founded in 1968

Definitions

  1. the main public transport operator in Budapest, founded in 1968

Ancestry of “BKV”, step by step

BKV traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian budapesti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbudapestiin Budapest, Budapestian; Budapestian
2HungarianBudapest
3HungarianPestOne of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest
4Old Church Slavonicпещьoven, stove
5Proto-Slavicpeťьoven
6Proto-Slavicpeťito bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to...
7Proto-Balto-Slavicpekteito bake
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-

via Hungarian közlekedési

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianközlekedésiof, or relating to transportation, traffic
2Hungarianközlekedéstransportation
3Hungarianközlekedikto run, go
4Hungarianközölto inform, report, announce, communicate
5Hungarian-ölUsed to form the second-person singular present...
6Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
7Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
8Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian vállalat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvállalatcompany
2Hungarianvállalto undertake; instrumental singular of váll
3Hungarianvállshoulder
4Proto-Uralic*wolkashoulder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti