Where does “keress” come from?

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

keress (Hungarian): second-person singular subjunctive present...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular subjunctive present...

Ancestry of “keress”, step by step

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