Where does “idegesség” come from?
idegesség (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ideges, from Hungarian ideg, from Proto-Uralic jänte — string.
idegesség (Hungarian): nervousness
Ancestry of “idegesség”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | ideges | nervous, worried; annoyed, tense |
| 2 | Hungarian | ideg | nerve; bowstring; string of lute |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | jänte | string |
Words derived from “idegesség”