Where does “imaszőnyeg” come from?

imaszőnyeg (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szőnyeg, from Hungarian -ég, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

imaszőnyeg (Hungarian): prayer rug, prayer mat small rug on which Muslims kneel to pray

Definitions

  1. prayer rug, prayer mat small rug on which Muslims kneel to pray

Ancestry of “imaszőnyeg”, step by step

imaszőnyeg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szőnyeg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszőnyegcarpet
2Hungarian-égAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action
3Hungarian-é-
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian ima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianimaprayer
Every word from Middle Welsh -ntEvery word from Hungarian -dEvery word from Hungarian -ég
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