Where does “kérdőjel” come from?
kérdőjel (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kérdő, from Hungarian kérd, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
kérdőjel (Hungarian): question mark
Ancestry of “kérdőjel”, step by step
kérdőjel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kérdő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kérdő | present participle of kérd; questioning;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | kérd | to ask, question; second-person singular... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 4 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via Hungarian jel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | jel | sign, symbol; marker, inflectional suffix or... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | jälke | — |
Words derived from “kérdőjel”