Where does “jóváhagy” come from?
jóváhagy (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian jóvá, from Hungarian jó, from Proto-Ugric jomɜ — good.
jóváhagy (Hungarian): to approve
Ancestry of “jóváhagy”, step by step
jóváhagy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian jóvá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | jóvá | translative singular of jó |
| 2 | Hungarian | jó | good good for something (can be used for) |
| 3 | Proto-Ugric | jomɜ | good |
via Hungarian hagy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | hagy | to let, to allow; to leave; to leave, to bequeath... |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | kaďa- | to leave |
Words derived from “jóváhagy”