Where does “százezer” come from?
százezer (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian száz, from Proto-Uralic śata, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćata, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.
százezer (Hungarian): hundred thousand
Ancestry of “százezer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | száz | hundred |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | śata | hundred |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćata | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |