Where does “megfogja az isten lábát” come from?
megfogja az isten lábát (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian az, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo — in.
megfogja az isten lábát (Hungarian): to hit it lucky, make a lucky [[strike#Noun, luck out, strike pay dirt, hit paydirt to be very fortunate, extremely lucky
Definitions
- to hit it lucky, make a lucky [[strike#Noun, luck out, strike pay dirt, hit paydirt to be very fortunate, extremely lucky
Ancestry of “megfogja az isten lábát”, step by step
megfogja az isten lábát traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian az
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | az | the; that |
| 2 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 3 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 4 | English | avie | emulously |
| 5 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 6 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 7 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 8 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Hungarian láb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |