Where does “ehelyett” come from?

ehelyett (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian helyett, from Hungarian -ett, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

ehelyett (Hungarian): instead of this

Definitions

  1. instead of this

Ancestry of “ehelyett”, step by step

ehelyett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian helyett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhelyettinstead of, in lieu of, in place of, rather than
2Hungarian-ett-ed, -t; in
3Hungarian-é-—
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian ez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianezthis
2Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →Every word from Hungarian -d →Every word from Hungarian -ett →