Where does “fején találja a szöget” come from?

fején találja a szöget (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn- — in.

fején találja a szöget (Hungarian): to hit the nail on the head to identify something exactly; to arrive at exactly the right answer

Definitions

  1. to hit the nail on the head to identify something exactly; to arrive at exactly the right answer

Ancestry of “fején találja a szöget”, step by step

fején találja a szöget traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianathe; this; that
2Frenchàto; on the, to; at
3Englishavieemulously
4Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
5Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
6Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
7LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Hungarian szög

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszögnail; angle; angle, viewing direction
2Hungarianszőto weave; to spin; to plot
3Hungarian-etAdded to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of...
4Hungarian-é-
5Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
6Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian talál

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantalálto find, come across; to find; to hit
2Proto-Uralictole-to come
3Hungarian-álSame as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for...
4Hungarian-lAppended to a noun, an adjective or less...
5Proto-Uralic-l
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en