Where does “félidézőjel” come from?
félidézőjel (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
félidézőjel (Hungarian): single quotation mark one of a pair of quotation marks in the shape of a single upright or inverted comma, like
Definitions
- single quotation mark one of a pair of quotation marks in the shape of a single upright or inverted comma, like
Ancestry of “félidézőjel”, step by step
félidézőjel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian fél
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 3 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |
via Hungarian idézőjel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | idézőjel | quotation mark |
| 2 | Hungarian | idéző | present participle of idéz |
| 3 | Hungarian | idéz | to quote, to cite; to be reminiscent of... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -z | Appended to a noun to form a verb |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |