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
Ancestry of “szenteste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | este | in the evening; evening |
| 2 | Hungarian | est | evening, eve; recital, party |
| 3 | Hungarian | esik | to fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | اشیك | — |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēĺü-k | door |
Words derived from “szenteste”