Where does “fülhallgató” come from?
fülhallgató (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hallgató, from Hungarian hallgat, from Hungarian hall, from German halle, from Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Frankish hallu, from Finnish halu — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
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Ancestry of “fülhallgató”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | hallgató | present participle of hallgat; listener; student |
| 2 | Hungarian | hallgat | to listen to something; to take a course in... |
| 3 | Hungarian | hall | to hear; middle-sized, windowless room, entryway,... |
| 4 | German | halle | inflection of hallen:
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| 5 | Middle High German | halle | — |
| 6 | Old High German | halla | — |
| 7 | Frankish | hallu | large room, hall; hall |
| 8 | Finnish | halu | desire; urge, itch |
| 9 | Finnish | halata | to hug, embrace; to want |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |