Where does “sekélyes” come from?
sekélyes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian sekély, from Hungarian csekély, from Hungarian csökken, from Hungarian csökik, from Hungarian csoki, from Hungarian csokoládé, from German Schokolade, from French chocolat.
sekélyes (Hungarian): shallow, flat, skin-deep
Ancestry of “sekélyes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | sekély | shallow, shoal; shallow, superficial; shallow,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | csekély | trifling, small, little |
| 3 | Hungarian | csökken | to decrease, lessen |
| 4 | Hungarian | csökik | to decrease; to subside, decrease |
| 5 | Hungarian | csoki | chocolate |
| 6 | Hungarian | csokoládé | chocolate |
| 7 | German | Schokolade | chocolate; cocoa drink |
| 8 | French | chocolat | chocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;... |
| 9 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 10 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | — |
| 11 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |