Where does “munkanélküli” come from?

munkanélküli (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nélküli, from Hungarian nélkül, from Hungarian -nél, from Hungarian -né, from Hungarian né, from Hungarian nő, from Japanese 能, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

munkanélküli (Hungarian): unemployed

Definitions

  1. unemployed

Ancestry of “munkanélküli”, step by step

munkanélküli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian nélküli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannélküliwithout, -less, devoid of
2Hungariannélkülwithout
3Hungarian-nélat. Used to form the adessive case; Used to form...
4Hungarian-néMrs, wife of; Used to form the third-person...
5Hungariannélook!, see!
6Hungariannőwoman; female partner or lover, mistress,...
7Japanese能Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama;...
8Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Hungarian munka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmunkawork, job; work
2Proto-Slavicmǫkatorment, torture; flour
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*mánkāˀ—

Words derived from “munkanélküli”

Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Japanese 能 →Every word from Hungarian nő →