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Where does “karácsonyesték” come from?

karácsonyesték (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian karácsonyeste, from Hungarian este, from Hungarian est, from Hungarian esik, from Ottoman Turkish اشیك, from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k — door.

karácsonyesték (Hungarian): nominative plural of karácsonyeste

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of karácsonyeste

Ancestry of “karácsonyesték”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungariankarácsonyesteChristmas Eve
2Hungarianestein the evening; evening
3Hungarianestevening, eve; recital, party
4Hungarianesikto fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to...
5Ottoman Turkishاشیك—
6Proto-Turkicēĺü-kdoor
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