Where does “szenteste” come from?

szenteste (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian este, from Hungarian est, from Hungarian esik, from Ottoman Turkish اشیك, from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k — door.

szenteste (Hungarian): Christmas Eve

Definitions

  1. Christmas Eve

Ancestry of “szenteste”, step by step

szenteste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian este

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianestein the evening; evening
2Hungarianestevening, eve; recital, party
3Hungarianesikto fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to...
4Ottoman Turkishاشیكthreshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway
5Proto-Turkicēĺü-kdoor

via Hungarian szent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszentholy; saint

Words derived from “szenteste”

Every word from Proto-Turkic ēĺü-k →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اشیك →Every word from Hungarian esik →