Where does “keresnivaló” come from?
keresnivaló (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian való, from Hungarian van, from Hungarian kedve, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
keresnivaló (Hungarian): business, something that concerns someone, the proper place of something or someone (typically in negative sentences)
Definitions
- business, something that concerns someone, the proper place of something or someone (typically in negative sentences)
Ancestry of “keresnivaló”, step by step
keresnivaló traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian való
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | való | meant, supposed; fitting, suitable, appropriate;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | van | to be, to exist; to have; someone has something;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | kedve | third-person singular single-possession... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 5 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |