Where does “köztisztviselő” come from?
köztisztviselő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tisztviselő, from Hungarian viselő, from Hungarian visel, from Hungarian visz, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís — resin, gum; to say, speak.
köztisztviselő (Hungarian): civil servant, public servant
Definitions
- civil servant, public servant
Ancestry of “köztisztviselő”, step by step
köztisztviselő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian tisztviselő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tisztviselő | official |
| 2 | Hungarian | viselő | present participle of visel: wearing something;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | visel | to wear, have on; to bear, endure, suffer; to... |
| 4 | Hungarian | visz | to take, carry |
| 5 | Hungarian | -sz | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |