Etymology Explorer › Hungarian

Where does “délibábot kerget” come from?

délibábot kerget (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian délibáb, from Hungarian déli, from Hungarian -i, 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...

délibábot kerget (Hungarian): to chase a rainbow

Definitions

  1. to chase a rainbow

Ancestry of “délibábot kerget”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariandélibábmirage, Fata Morgana
2Hungariandélisouth, southern; midday
3Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
4Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
5Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
6Proto-West Germanic-jā—
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →