Where does “késnek” come from?

késnek (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kés, from Proto-Uralic kečɜ — knife.

Ancestry of “késnek”, step by step

késnek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kés

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankésknife
2Proto-Uralickečɜknife

via Hungarian késik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankésikto be late; to be slow; third-person plural...
2Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...
Every word from Proto-Uralic kečɜ →Every word from Hungarian kés →