Where does “esélyt” come from?

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

esélyt (Hungarian): accusative singular of esély

Definitions

  1. accusative singular of esély

Ancestry of “esélyt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianesélychance, prospect
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 →
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