Where does “háttérénekes” come from?
háttérénekes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian háttér, from Hungarian tér, from German Teer, from Middle Low German ter, from Proto-Germanic terwą, from Pre-Germanic derwom, from English doru, from Ancient Greek δόρυ — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.
háttérénekes (Hungarian): backup vocalist
Definitions
- backup vocalist
Ancestry of “háttérénekes”, step by step
háttérénekes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian háttér
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | háttér | background |
| 2 | Hungarian | tér | space; room; field |
| 3 | German | Teer | tar |
| 4 | Middle Low German | ter | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | terwą | tar |
| 6 | Pre-Germanic | derwom | — |
| 7 | English | doru | Alternative form of dory |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δόρυ | wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | dóru | tree |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dóru | tree |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | drew- | hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree |
via Hungarian énekes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | énekes | singing; singer, vocalist, songster |
| 2 | Hungarian | ének | song; canto; nominative plural of én |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ék | Added to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 5 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |