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Where does “hibás” come from?

hibás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hiba, from Proto-Slavic xyba, from Proto-Slavic xybati, from Proto-Indo-European kʷsewbʰ-.

hibás (Hungarian): guilty, blamable; faulty, flawed, wrong, bad;...

Definitions

  1. guilty, blamable; faulty, flawed, wrong, bad;...

Ancestry of “hibás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhibamistake, error, fault; fault; defect, deficiency,...
2Proto-Slavicxyba—
3Proto-Slavicxybatito sway
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷsewbʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷsewbʰ- →