Where does “esővíz” come from?
esővíz (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian eső, from Hungarian esik, from Ottoman Turkish اشیك, from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k — door.
esővíz (Hungarian): rainwater
Ancestry of “esővíz”, step by step
esővíz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian eső
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | eső | present participle of esik; rain |
| 2 | Hungarian | esik | to fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | اشیك | threshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | ēĺü-k | door |
via Hungarian víz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | víz | water; flood; drinking water, mineral water |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | wete | water |