Where does “kötőjel” come from?

kötőjel (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kötő, from Hungarian köt, from Proto-Uralic kütke- — to bind.

kötőjel (Hungarian): hyphen

Definitions

  1. hyphen

Ancestry of “kötőjel”, step by step

kötőjel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kötő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankötőpresent participle of köt; knitting; binding
2Hungariankötto bind, tie; to knit
3Proto-Uralickütke-to bind

via Hungarian jel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjelsign, symbol; marker, inflectional suffix or...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricjälke—

Words derived from “kötőjel”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kütke- →Every word from Hungarian köt →Every word from Hungarian kötő →