Where does “lépést tart” come from?

lépést tart (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tárt, from Hungarian tár, from Serbo-Croatian tovar, from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar — livestock, cattle.

lépést tart (Hungarian): }} to keep abreast of something, keep pace, keep up with to progress at the same rate as another

Definitions

  1. }} to keep abreast of something, keep pace, keep up with to progress at the same rate as another

Ancestry of “lépést tart”, step by step

lépést tart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tárt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantártthird-person singular indicative past indefinite...
2Hungariantárstorehouse, repository; cabinet, collection;...
3Serbo-Croatiantovarcargo; burden; load
4Proto-Slavictovarъloading
5Proto-Turkic*tabarlivestock, cattle

via Hungarian lépés

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlépésstep
2Hungarianlépto step; to enter, to step in; to enter
3Proto-Uralicläppespleen
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tabar →Every word from Proto-Slavic tovarъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian tovar →