Where does “külkereskedelem” come from?
külkereskedelem (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kereskedelem, from Hungarian kereskedik, from Hungarian kérés, from Hungarian kér, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kerä- — to request.
külkereskedelem (Hungarian): foreign trade
Ancestry of “külkereskedelem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | kereskedelem | trade, commerce |
| 2 | Hungarian | kereskedik | to trade |
| 3 | Hungarian | kérés | verbal noun of kér: request; request |
| 4 | Hungarian | kér | to ask, to make a request; would like to have |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kerä- | to request |
Words derived from “külkereskedelem”