Where does “előre-hátra” come from?
előre-hátra (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hátra, from Hungarian hát, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.
előre-hátra (Hungarian): back and forth
Ancestry of “előre-hátra”, step by step
előre-hátra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian hátra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | hátra | backwards; behind; sublative singular of hát |
| 2 | Hungarian | hát | back; well; then, and, but |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kutte | ridge; six |
via Hungarian előre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | előre | forward, ahead; in advance, in anticipation |
| 2 | Hungarian | -re | onto, on. Used to form the sublative case |