Where does “bűnbánat” come from?

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

bűnbánat (Hungarian): repentance

Definitions

  1. repentance

Ancestry of “bűnbánat”, step by step

bűnbánat 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 bűn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbűnsin
Every word from Old Hungarian ban →Every word from Hungarian bán →Every word from Hungarian bánat →