Where does “kővé mered” come from?

kővé mered (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mered, from Hungarian -ed, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

kővé mered (Hungarian): to become petrified, to freeze (with horror) to become immobilized due to fright, surprise, shock, etc

Definitions

  1. to become petrified, to freeze (with horror) to become immobilized due to fright, surprise, shock, etc

Ancestry of “kővé mered”, step by step

kővé mered traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mered

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmeredto stand out, to project, to jut out; to stare,...
2Hungarian-edyour; Used to form the definite second-person...
3Hungarian-é-—
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian kő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankőstone; Alternative form of kell
2Proto-Uralickiwerock, stone
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →Every word from Hungarian -d →Every word from Hungarian -ed →