Where does “letét” come from?
letét (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian letesz, from Hungarian tesz, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
letét (Hungarian): deposit
Ancestry of “letét”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | letesz | to put down, to lay down; to give up on, to lose... |
| 2 | Hungarian | tesz | to do; to place, to put; to make |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |