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
Ancestry of “idézőjel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | idéző | present participle of idéz |
| 2 | Hungarian | idéz | to quote, to cite; to be reminiscent of... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -z | Appended to a noun to form a verb |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |