Where does “lejnolás” come from?
lejnolás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lejnol, from Yiddish לייענען, from Old French lire, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
lejnolás (Hungarian): reading of the Torah scroll
Definitions
- reading of the Torah scroll
Ancestry of “lejnolás”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lejnol | to leyn |
| 2 | Yiddish | לייענען | to read |
| 3 | Old French | lire | to read; to be read |
| 4 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 5 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |