Where does “jó estét” come from?
jó estét (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian este, from Hungarian est, from Hungarian esik, from Ottoman Turkish اشیك, from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k — door.
jó estét (Hungarian): good evening
Ancestry of “jó estét”, step by step
jó estét traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian este
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | este | in the evening; evening |
| 2 | Hungarian | est | evening, eve; recital, party |
| 3 | Hungarian | esik | to fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | اشیك | threshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēĺü-k | door |
via Hungarian jó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | jó | good good for something (can be used for) |
| 2 | Proto-Ugric | jomɜ | good |