Where does “mázli” come from?
mázli (Hungarian) comes from Yiddish מזל, from Hebrew מַזָּל, from Akkadian mazzaztum.
mázli (Hungarian): fluke
Ancestry of “mázli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | מזל | astrological sign; luck |
| 2 | Hebrew | מַזָּל | luck; star, constellation; fate, luck |
| 3 | Akkadian | mazzaztum | — |