Where does “elvétve” come from?

elvétve (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian elvét, 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...

elvétve (Hungarian): seldom, occasionally, now and then

Definitions

  1. seldom, occasionally, now and then

Ancestry of “elvétve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianelvétto miss; accusative of elve
2Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
3Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
4Proto-West Germanic-jā—
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Hungarian -é →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -jā →