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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | budapesti | in Budapest, Budapestian; Budapestian |
| 2 | Hungarian | Budapest | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | пещь | oven, stove |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | peťь | oven |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | peťi | to bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektei | to bake |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via Hungarian közlekedési
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | közlekedési | of, or relating to transportation, traffic |
| 2 | Hungarian | közlekedés | transportation |
| 3 | Hungarian | közlekedik | to run, go |
| 4 | Hungarian | közöl | to inform, report, announce, communicate |
| 5 | Hungarian | -öl | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 7 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 8 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |