Where does “jelzálog” come from?
jelzálog (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zálog, from Serbo-Croatian zalog, from Proto-Slavic *zalogъ.
jelzálog (Hungarian): mortgage, encumbrance
Ancestry of “jelzálog”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | zálog | pawn |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | zalog | pawn; pledge |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *zalogъ | — |