Where does “síkságok” come from?
síkságok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian síkság, from Hungarian sík, from English sick, from English sic, from English seek, from Middle English seke, from Old English sēċan, from Proto-West Germanic sōkijan — to seek out.
Ancestry of “síkságok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | síkság | plain, flatland |
| 2 | Hungarian | sík | flat; plane; nominative plural of sí |
| 3 | English | sick | In poor health; ill; Having an urge to vomit;... |
| 4 | English | sic | Thus; thus written; To mark with a bracketed sic;... |
| 5 | English | seek | To try to find; to look for; to search for; To... |
| 6 | Middle English | seke | Alternative form of seken |
| 7 | Old English | sēċan | to seek or inquire about |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | sōkijan | to seek, to look for |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sōkijaną | to seek, look for |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂gyeti | to give a sign |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂g- | to seek out |