Where does “az ördög nem alszik” come from?
az ördög nem alszik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian az, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo — in.
az ördög nem alszik (Hungarian): one can never be too careful one always has to be attentive to potential dangers and temptations
Definitions
- one can never be too careful one always has to be attentive to potential dangers and temptations
Ancestry of “az ördög nem alszik”, step by step
az ördög nem alszik traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian az
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | az | the; that |
| 2 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 3 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 4 | English | avie | emulously |
| 5 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 6 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 7 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 8 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |