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Where does “ravaszkodás” come from?

ravaszkodás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ravaszkodik, from Hungarian ravasz, from Old Hungarian ruoz, from Old Hungarian rowasə.

ravaszkodás (Hungarian): chicanery

Definitions

  1. chicanery

Ancestry of “ravaszkodás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianravaszkodikto finesse, be sly
2Hungarianravaszsly, cunning, artful, wily; fox; trigger
3Old Hungarianruoz—
4Old Hungarianrowasə—
Every word from Old Hungarian rowasə →