Where does “ketyeg” come from?

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

ketyeg (Hungarian): to tick

Definitions

  1. to tick

Ancestry of “ketyeg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-égAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action
2Hungarian-é-—
3Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
4Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “ketyeg”

Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →Every word from Hungarian -d →Every word from Hungarian -ég →