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Where does “szamizdatok” come from?

szamizdatok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szamizdat, from Russian самиздат, from Russian самоизда́тельство, from Russian изда́тельство, from Russian изда́тель, from Russian изда́ть, from Russian из-, from Proto-Slavic jьz- — whale, sea monster; abyss.

szamizdatok (Hungarian): nominative plural of szamizdat

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of szamizdat

Ancestry of “szamizdatok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszamizdatsamizdat
2Russianсамиздатsamizdat
3Russianсамоизда́тельство—
4Russianизда́тельствоpublishing; publishing house, publishing
5Russianизда́тельpublisher
6Russianизда́ть—
7Russianиз-out from; When added to a verb, it may form a...
8Proto-Slavicjьz-—
9Proto-Slavicsъ(n)with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
14Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
15Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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