Where does “kihallgatás” come from?
kihallgatás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kihallgat, from Hungarian hallgat, from Hungarian hall, from German halle, from Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Frankish hallu, from Finnish halu — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
kihallgatás (Hungarian): audience, audit, interrogation the act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions
Definitions
- audience, audit, interrogation the act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions
Ancestry of “kihallgatás”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kihallgat | to interrogate, question |
| 2 | Hungarian | hallgat | to listen to something; to take a course in... |
| 3 | Hungarian | hall | to hear; middle-sized, windowless room, entryway,... |
| 4 | German | halle | inflection of hallen: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Middle High German | halle | — |
| 6 | Old High German | halla | — |
| 7 | Frankish | hallu | large room, hall; hall |
| 8 | Finnish | halu | desire; urge, itch |
| 9 | Finnish | halata | to hug, embrace; to want |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |