Where does “kivándorlók” come from?
kivándorlók (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kivándorló, from Hungarian kivándorol, from Hungarian vándorol, from German wandern, from Middle High German wandern, from Old High German wantaron, from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn — to waver, change, fluctuate.
Ancestry of “kivándorlók”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kivándorló | emigrating |
| 2 | Hungarian | kivándorol | to migrate, emigrate to move from one country to another usually for economic reasons |
| 3 | Hungarian | vándorol | to wander |
| 4 | German | wandern | to hike; to wander, to migrate, to move... |
| 5 | Middle High German | wandern | — |
| 6 | Old High German | wantaron | wantarōn |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *wandarōn | to waver, change, fluctuate |