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Where does “ecsetel” come from?

ecsetel (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ecset, from Middle English scet, from Old English sċeatt, from Proto-Germanic skattaz, from Proto-Indo-European skatn-.

ecsetel (Hungarian): to describe, paint, depict something vividly; to...

Definitions

  1. to describe, paint, depict something vividly; to...

Ancestry of “ecsetel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianecsetbrush
2Middle EnglishscetAlternative form of schat
3Old Englishsċeatt—
4Proto-Germanicskattazcattle, kine; owndom, wealth, goods; hoard,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskatn-—
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