Where does “szótár” come from?

szótár (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tár, from Serbo-Croatian tovar, from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar — livestock, cattle.

szótár (Hungarian): dictionary; vocabulary

Definitions

  1. dictionary; vocabulary

Ancestry of “szótár”, step by step

szótár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantárstorehouse, repository; cabinet, collection;...
2Serbo-Croatiantovarcargo; burden; load
3Proto-Slavictovarъloading
4Proto-Turkic*tabarlivestock, cattle

via Hungarian szó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszóword; voice; sound
2Proto-Ugricsawɜ—

Words derived from “szótár”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tabar →Every word from Proto-Slavic tovarъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian tovar →