Where does “kockára tesz” come from?

kockára tesz (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tesz, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

kockára tesz (Hungarian): to risk, gamble, hazard, jeopardize to risk something for potential gain

Definitions

  1. to risk, gamble, hazard, jeopardize to risk something for potential gain

Ancestry of “kockára tesz”, step by step

kockára tesz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tesz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianteszto do; to place, to put; to make
2Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Hungarian kocka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankockacube; block, cube; die, dice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Uralic teke-Every word from Hungarian tesz