Where does “megjátszik” come from?

megjátszik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian játszik, from Hungarian játék, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jukta- — to tell.

megjátszik (Hungarian): to act, to play; to pretend, to feign; to back,...

Definitions

  1. to act, to play; to pretend, to feign; to back,...

Ancestry of “megjátszik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjátszikto play; to pretend, to feign, to play; to...
2Hungarianjátéktoy; game
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjukta-to tell
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jukta- →Every word from Hungarian játék →Every word from Hungarian játszik →