Where does “magában beszél” come from?

magában beszél (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian beszél, from Hungarian beszéd, from Proto-Slavic besěda, from Proto-Slavic bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs.

magában beszél (Hungarian): to talk to oneself

Definitions

  1. to talk to oneself

Ancestry of “magában beszél”, step by step

magában beszél traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian beszél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbeszélto speak, talk; to matter, to count, to have...
2Hungarianbeszédspeech
3Proto-Slavicbesědasitting outdoors; an outdoor gathering;...
4Proto-Slavicbezwithout
5Proto-Indo-European*bʰeǵʰs—

via Hungarian maga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmagayou; API; oneself, himself, herself, itself
2Hungarian-ahis, her, its, -'s, of; -s', of…-s; ago
3Hungarian-ő-ing. Added to a verb to form the present...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs →Every word from Proto-Slavic bez →Every word from Proto-Slavic besěda →