Where does “kötőjeles” come from?

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

kötőjeles (Hungarian): hyphenated, written with a hyphen

Definitions

  1. hyphenated, written with a hyphen

Ancestry of “kötőjeles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankötőjelhyphen
2Hungariankötőpresent participle of köt; knitting; binding
3Hungariankötto bind, tie; to knit
4Proto-Uralickütke-to bind
Every word from Proto-Uralic kütke- →Every word from Hungarian köt →Every word from Hungarian kötő →