Where does “lakóterület” come from?

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

lakóterület (Hungarian): residential area the area designated primarily for residential buildings in a city

Definitions

  1. residential area the area designated primarily for residential buildings in a city

Ancestry of “lakóterület”, step by step

lakóterület 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 terület

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianterületarea; field
2Hungarianterül—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric lakka →Every word from Hungarian lak →Every word from Hungarian lakik →