Where does “lakótelep” come from?
lakótelep (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian telep, from Hungarian telepedik, from Hungarian telik, from Proto-Uralic täwde — full.
lakótelep (Hungarian): residential complex, housing estate, apartment...
Definitions
- residential complex, housing estate, apartment...
Ancestry of “lakótelep”, step by step
lakótelep traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian telep
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | telep | yard; battery, storage cell; colony, settlement |
| 2 | Hungarian | telepedik | to sit down comfortably somewhere, to settle... |
| 3 | Hungarian | telik | to fill; to elapse, to pass, to go by; to be able... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | täwde | full |
via Hungarian lakó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lakó | dweller, 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 |
| 2 | Hungarian | lakik | to dwell, to live; to reside, to inhabit; to eat... |
| 3 | Hungarian | lak | dwelling |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | lakka | cover, roof, shelter |