Where does “megtorlása” come from?
megtorlása (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian megtorlás, from Hungarian megtöröl, from Hungarian töröl, from Hungarian tő, from Hungarian -ék, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Ancestry of “megtorlása”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | megtorlás | retaliation, reprisal, retribution |
| 2 | Hungarian | megtöröl | to wipe, dust (making something free of moisture or dirt) |
| 3 | Hungarian | töröl | to wipe, dust; to delete, erase; to annul, cancel |
| 4 | Hungarian | tő | stem (plant), foot, stump (tree) |
| 5 | Hungarian | -ék | Added to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 7 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |