Where does “lakóépület” come from?

lakóépület (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lakó, from Hungarian lakik, from Hungarian lak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric lakka — cover, roof, shelter.

lakóépület (Hungarian): dwellinghouse a house intended as a residential building

Definitions

  1. dwellinghouse a house intended as a residential building

Ancestry of “lakóépület”, step by step

lakóépület traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian lakó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlakódweller, inhabitant, resident, tenant, occupant, denizen someone or thing who lives in a place, chiefly in a building, apartment, or room, also metaphorically e.g. of a planet or another habitat
2Hungarianlakikto dwell, to live; to reside, to inhabit; to eat...
3Hungarianlakdwelling
4Proto-Finno-Ugriclakkacover, roof, shelter

via Hungarian épület

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianépületbuilding
2Hungarianépülto be built, be erected, be constructed, be being...
3Hungarian-ülAppended to an adjective to form an intransitive...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric lakka →Every word from Hungarian lak →Every word from Hungarian lakik →