Where does “ostyára” come from?
ostyára (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ostya, from Latin hostia, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰostiyo-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰes- — hand; take, give in exchange.
ostyára (Hungarian): sublative singular of ostya
Definitions
- sublative singular of ostya
Ancestry of “ostyára”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | ostya | wafer, waffle; host |
| 2 | Latin | hostia | sacrifice, offering; victim, sacrificial animal |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰostiyo- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰes- | hand; take, give in exchange |