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Where does “képviselete” come from?

képviselete (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian képviselet, from Hungarian képvisel, from Hungarian képviselő, from Hungarian viselő, from Hungarian visel, from Hungarian visz, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь — whale, sea monster; abyss.

képviselete (Hungarian): third-person singular single-possession...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular single-possession...

Ancestry of “képviselete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianképviseletrepresentation; agency
2Hungarianképviselto represent
3Hungarianképviselőrepresentative
4Hungarianviselőpresent participle of visel: wearing something;...
5Hungarianviselto wear, have on; to bear, endure, suffer; to...
6Hungarianviszto take, carry
7Hungarian-szUsed to form the second-person singular present...
8Proto-Slavicsьthis
9Proto-Balto-Slavicśisthis here
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱísthis
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
14Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
15Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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