Where does “csirkeszelet” come from?

csirkeszelet (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szelet, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

csirkeszelet (Hungarian): slice/piece of chicken, chicken cutlet

Definitions

  1. slice/piece of chicken, chicken cutlet

Ancestry of “csirkeszelet”, step by step

csirkeszelet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szelet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszeletslice; segment; accusative singular of szél
2Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
3Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
4Proto-West Germanic-jā—
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Hungarian csirke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsirkechicken
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Hungarian -é →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -jā →