Where does “micsoda” come from?

micsoda (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csoda, from Proto-Slavic čudo, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

micsoda (Hungarian): API?; what?; what sort?

Definitions

  1. API?; what?; what sort?

Ancestry of “micsoda”, step by step

micsoda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian csoda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsodamiracle, wonder
2Proto-Slavicčudomiracle, wonder
3Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
4Proto-Slavicisk-je—

via Hungarian mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmiwe; how …!, what …!; what?
2Uralic*mi—
Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →Every word from Proto-Slavic čudo →