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Where does “relikvia” come from?

relikvia (Hungarian) comes from Italian reliquia, from Latin reliquiae, from Latin relinquō, from Latin linquō, from Proto-Italic linkʷō, from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.

relikvia (Hungarian): relic; memorabilia

Definitions

  1. relic; memorabilia

Ancestry of “relikvia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianreliquiarelic; reliquary
2Latinreliquiaeremains, relics; remnants; survivors
3Latinrelinquō—
4Latinlinquō—
5Proto-Italiclinkʷōleave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlinékʷtito be leaving
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- →