Where does “mértékletes” come from?
mértékletes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mértéklet, from Hungarian mérték, from Hungarian -ték, from Hungarian -ék, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
mértékletes (Hungarian): moderate, sober, abstemious refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet
Definitions
- moderate, sober, abstemious refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet
Ancestry of “mértékletes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mértéklet | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | mérték | measure; third-person plural indicative past... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ték | Added to a verb to form a noun; Used to form the... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ék | Added to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 6 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |