Where does “esélyes” come from?
esélyes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian esély, from Hungarian esik, from Ottoman Turkish اشیك, from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k — door.
esélyes (Hungarian): favorite, favourite
Ancestry of “esélyes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | esély | chance, prospect |
| 2 | Hungarian | esik | to fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | اشیك | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | ēĺü-k | door |