Where does “szögletes zárójel” come from?

szögletes zárójel (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szögletes, from Hungarian szöglet, from Hungarian szög, from Hungarian sző, from Hungarian -et, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

szögletes zárójel (Hungarian): square bracket either of a pair of symbols, used for various purposes

Definitions

  1. square bracket either of a pair of symbols, used for various purposes

Ancestry of “szögletes zárójel”, step by step

szögletes zárójel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szögletes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszögletescornered, angled, square
2Hungarianszögletcorner
3Hungarianszögnail; angle; angle, viewing direction
4Hungarianszőto weave; to spin; to plot
5Hungarian-etAdded to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of...
6Hungarian-é-
7Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
8Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian zárójel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianzárójelparenthesis (parentheses), bracket(s)
2Hungarianjelsign, symbol; marker, inflectional suffix or...
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjälke
Every word from Middle Welsh -ntEvery word from Hungarian -etEvery word from Hungarian -d
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