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Where does “nagycsütörtök” come from?

nagycsütörtök (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csütörtök, from Proto-Slavic četvьrtъkъ, from Proto-Slavic četvьrtъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ketwirtas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós.

nagycsütörtök (Hungarian): Maundy Thursday, Holy Thursday

Definitions

  1. Maundy Thursday, Holy Thursday

Ancestry of “nagycsütörtök”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungariancsütörtökThursday
2Proto-SlavicčetvьrtъkъThursday
3Proto-Slavicčetvьrtъfourth
4Proto-Balto-Slavicketwirtasfourth
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥tós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós →