Where does “kontytető” come from?

kontytető (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tető, from Hungarian tetik, from Hungarian -tet — Added to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of...

kontytető (Hungarian): hip roof, hipped roof

Definitions

  1. hip roof, hipped roof

Ancestry of “kontytető”, step by step

kontytető traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tető

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantetőtop, roof
2Hungariantetikto appear, look
3Hungarian-tetAdded to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of...

via Hungarian konty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankontybun, chignon

Words derived from “kontytető”

Every word from Hungarian -tet →Every word from Hungarian tetik →Every word from Hungarian tető →