Where does “látnivaló” come from?
látnivaló (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian való, from Hungarian van, from Hungarian kedve, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
látnivaló (Hungarian): an unusual sight, spectacle, tourist attraction
Definitions
- an unusual sight, spectacle, tourist attraction
Ancestry of “látnivaló”, step by step
látnivaló traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian való
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | való | meant, supposed; fitting, suitable, appropriate;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | van | to be, to exist; to have; someone has something;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | kedve | third-person singular single-possession... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 5 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |