Where does “legcélravezetőbb” come from?
legcélravezetőbb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian célravezetőbb, from Hungarian célravezető, from Hungarian célra, from Hungarian cél, from German ziel, from Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-Germanic til — to share, divide.
Ancestry of “legcélravezetőbb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | célravezetőbb | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | célravezető | expedient, effective, useful |
| 3 | Hungarian | célra | sublative singular of cél |
| 4 | Hungarian | cél | target, goal, aim, purpose, objective; finish |
| 5 | German | ziel | singular imperative of zielen |
| 6 | Middle High German | zil | — |
| 7 | Old High German | zil | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | til | to, towards; to, toward |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tilą | planned point in time |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |