Where does “jótett” come from?
jótett (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tett, from Hungarian tesz, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
jótett (Hungarian): charity good deed
Ancestry of “jótett”, step by step
jótett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian tett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tett | action, act, deed; third-person singular... |
| 2 | Hungarian | tesz | to do; to place, to put; to make |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Hungarian jó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | jó | good good for something (can be used for) |
| 2 | Proto-Ugric | jomɜ | good |
Words derived from “jótett”