Where does “bűvészmutatvány” come from?

bűvészmutatvány (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mutatvány, from Hungarian mutat, from Hungarian -tat, from Hungarian -tatik, from Swahili -tata, from Swedish tät, from French tête, from Middle French teste — to stand.

bűvészmutatvány (Hungarian): magic trick, sleight of hand, trick a remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but actually by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment

Definitions

  1. magic trick, sleight of hand, trick a remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but actually by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment

Ancestry of “bűvészmutatvány”, step by step

bűvészmutatvány traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mutatvány

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmutatványspectacle, show; sleight of hand; sample,...
2Hungarianmutatto show, indicate, signal, read
3Hungarian-tatAdded to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of...
4Hungarian-tatikAdded to a back-vowel verb to form a verb with a...
5Swahili-tata
6Swedishtätdense, thick "or" crowded; dense; compact;...
7Frenchtêtehead; header; a bright spark, a quick study
8Middle Frenchtestehead
9Old Frenchtestehead
10Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
11Latinterstis
12Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
13Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
14Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Hungarian bűvész

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbűvészmagician
2Hungarianbűv-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂sEvery word from Latin trīstis