Where does “pénztár” come from?

pénztár (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tár, from Serbo-Croatian tovar, from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar — livestock, cattle.

pénztár (Hungarian): cash desk, checkout

Definitions

  1. cash desk, checkout

Ancestry of “pénztár”, step by step

pénztár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantárstorehouse, repository; cabinet, collection;...
2Serbo-Croatiantovarcargo; burden; load
3Proto-Slavictovarъloading
4Proto-Turkic*tabarlivestock, cattle

via Hungarian pénz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpénzmoney

Words derived from “pénztár”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tabar →Every word from Proto-Slavic tovarъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian tovar →