Where does “idézőjel” come from?

idézőjel (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian idéző, from Hungarian idéz, from Hungarian -z, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

idézőjel (Hungarian): quotation mark

Definitions

  1. quotation mark

Ancestry of “idézőjel”, step by step

idézőjel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian idéző

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianidézőpresent participle of idéz
2Hungarianidézto quote, to cite; to be reminiscent of...
3Hungarian-zAppended to a noun to form a verb
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Hungarian jel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjelsign, symbol; marker, inflectional suffix or...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricjälke—

Words derived from “idézőjel”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Hungarian -z →Every word from Hungarian idéz →