Where does “elejt” come from?

elejt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian éjt, from Hungarian esik, from Ottoman Turkish اشیك, from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k — door.

elejt (Hungarian): to drop to let something or someone fall by accident, due to clumsiness

Definitions

  1. to drop to let something or someone fall by accident, due to clumsiness

Ancestry of “elejt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianéjtaccusative singular of éj
2Hungarianesikto fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to...
3Ottoman Turkishاشیكthreshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway
4Proto-Turkicēĺü-kdoor
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اشیك →Every word from Hungarian esik →