Where does “kiejtése” come from?
kiejtése (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kiejtés, from Hungarian kiejt, from Hungarian éjt, from Hungarian esik, from Ottoman Turkish اشیك, from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k — door.
Ancestry of “kiejtése”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kiejtés | pronunciation |
| 2 | Hungarian | kiejt | to drop; to pronounce, utter |
| 3 | Hungarian | éjt | accusative singular of éj |
| 4 | Hungarian | esik | to fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to... |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | اشیك | threshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | ēĺü-k | door |