Where does “rossz lóra tesz” come from?

rossz lóra tesz (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tesz, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

rossz lóra tesz (Hungarian): to back the wrong horse, pick the wrong horse to wrongly expect the victory or success of something or someone

Definitions

  1. to back the wrong horse, pick the wrong horse to wrongly expect the victory or success of something or someone

Ancestry of “rossz lóra tesz”, step by step

rossz lóra tesz traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tesz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianteszto do; to place, to put; to make
2Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Hungarian ló

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlóhorse; knight; pommel horse
2Proto-Ugric*luɣǝhorse

via Hungarian rossz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianrosszbad, unpleasant, unfavorable, foul; bad, ill;...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricroćɜ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Hungarian tesz →