Where does “kétségbe ejt” come from?
kétségbe ejt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kétség, from Hungarian két, from Proto-Uralic käktä, from Proto-Uralic kakta — two.
kétségbe ejt (Hungarian): to drive someone to despair
Definitions
- to drive someone to despair
Ancestry of “kétségbe ejt”, step by step
kétségbe ejt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kétség
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kétség | doubt, uncertainty |
| 2 | Hungarian | két | two; doubt |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | käktä | Alternative form of *kakta |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kakta | two |
via Hungarian éjt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | éjt | accusative singular of éj |
| 2 | Hungarian | esik | to fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | اشیك | threshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | ēĺü-k | door |