Where does “jelzálog” come from?

jelzálog (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zálog, from Serbo-Croatian zalog, from Proto-Slavic *zalogъ — pawn, pledge.

jelzálog (Hungarian): mortgage, encumbrance

Definitions

  1. mortgage, encumbrance

Ancestry of “jelzálog”, step by step

jelzálog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian zálog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianzálogpawn
2Serbo-Croatianzalogpawn; pledge
3Proto-Slavic*zalogъpawn, pledge

via Hungarian jel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjelsign, symbol; marker, inflectional suffix or...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricjälke—

Words derived from “jelzálog”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *zalogъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian zalog →Every word from Hungarian zálog →
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