Where does “lóversenypályák” come from?
lóversenypályák (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lóversenypálya, from Hungarian lóverseny, from Hungarian verseny, from Hungarian verseng, from Hungarian vers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
Ancestry of “lóversenypályák”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lóversenypálya | horse racecourse, horse racetrack |
| 2 | Hungarian | lóverseny | horse race |
| 3 | Hungarian | verseny | race, contest, competition |
| 4 | Hungarian | verseng | to compete, contend |
| 5 | Hungarian | vers | verse, poem; race |
| 6 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 7 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |