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Where does “lóversenyek” come from?

lóversenyek (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lóverseny, from Hungarian verseny, from Hungarian verseng, from Hungarian vers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

lóversenyek (Hungarian): nominative plural of lóverseny

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of lóverseny

Ancestry of “lóversenyek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlóversenyhorse race
2Hungarianversenyrace, contest, competition
3Hungarianversengto compete, contend
4Hungarianversverse, poem; race
5Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
6Latinvertō—
7Proto-Italicwertō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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