Where does “keresgélt” come from?

keresgélt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian keresgél, from Hungarian kérés, from Hungarian kér, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kerä- — to request.

Ancestry of “keresgélt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankeresgélto poke around, to search for something for a...
2Hungariankérésverbal noun of kér: request; request
3Hungariankérto ask, to make a request; would like to have
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickerä-to request
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kerä- →Every word from Hungarian kér →Every word from Hungarian kérés →