Where does “holt-” come from?
holt- (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian holt, from Hungarian hál, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.
Ancestry of “holt-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | holt | dead, deceased; dead; death |
| 2 | Hungarian | hál | to sleep |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kale- | to die |