Where does “madarat lehetne fogatni” come from?
madarat lehetne fogatni (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lehetne, from Hungarian -né, from Hungarian né, from Hungarian nő, from Japanese 能, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.
madarat lehetne fogatni (Hungarian): to be happy as a lark, to walk on air, to be on cloud nine
Definitions
- to be happy as a lark, to walk on air, to be on cloud nine
Ancestry of “madarat lehetne fogatni”, step by step
madarat lehetne fogatni traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian lehetne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lehetne | third-person singular conditional present... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -né | Mrs, wife of; Used to form the third-person... |
| 3 | Hungarian | né | look!, see! |
| 4 | Hungarian | nő | woman; female partner or lover, mistress,... |
| 5 | Japanese | 能 | Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama;... |
| 6 | Middle Chinese | 能 | talent, ability |
via Hungarian fogatni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fogatni | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | fogat | team; equipage, carriage; causative of fog: to... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -at | Added to a back-vowel verb to form a verb with a... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |
via Hungarian madár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | madár | bird, fowl |