Where does “lapról olvas” come from?

lapról olvas (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian olvas, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lapról olvas (Hungarian): to sight read, sight sing to play or sing music without preparation or practice, just by reading the sheet music

Definitions

  1. to sight read, sight sing to play or sing music without preparation or practice, just by reading the sheet music

Ancestry of “lapról olvas”, step by step

lapról olvas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian olvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianolvasto read
2Proto-Uralicluke-to count
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Hungarian láp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlápmoor
2Proto-Uralicläppäspleen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic luke- →Every word from Hungarian olvas →