Where does “búbánat” come from?

búbánat (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian bánat, from Hungarian bán, from Old Hungarian ban.

búbánat (Hungarian): distress, grief, sorrow deep, long-lasting sadness

Definitions

  1. distress, grief, sorrow deep, long-lasting sadness

Ancestry of “búbánat”, step by step

búbánat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian bánat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbánatrepentance, regret; sorrow, grief, distress
2Hungarianbánto mind, to object to, to be bothered by; to...
3Old Hungarianban—

via Hungarian bú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbúsorrow; grief; moo
Every word from Old Hungarian ban →Every word from Hungarian bán →Every word from Hungarian bánat →
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