Where does “nevetés” come from?
nevetés (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nevét, from Mwotlap vet, from Proto-Oceanic patu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux.
nevetés (Hungarian): laughter
Ancestry of “nevetés”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | nevét | accusative singular of neve |
| 2 | Mwotlap | vet | — |
| 3 | Proto-Oceanic | patu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *batu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *batu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | batu | stone |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | *batux | — |