Where does “bálványimádás” come from?
bálványimádás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian imádás, from Hungarian imád, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
bálványimádás (Hungarian): idolatry
Ancestry of “bálványimádás”, step by step
bálványimádás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian imádás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | imádás | worship, adoration, devotion |
| 2 | Hungarian | imád | to adore, worship; second-person singular... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 4 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via Hungarian bálvány
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | bálvány | idol, image, fetish |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | bъlvanъ | statue?, idol? |