Where does “szerencsétlenkedik” come from?

szerencsétlenkedik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szerencsétlen, from Hungarian szerencse — luck.

szerencsétlenkedik (Hungarian): to struggle, to flounder, to faff, to have no luck, to have no joy to act unsuccessfully or ineffectually

Definitions

  1. to struggle, to flounder, to faff, to have no luck, to have no joy to act unsuccessfully or ineffectually

Ancestry of “szerencsétlenkedik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszerencsétlenunlucky, unfortunate
2Hungarianszerencseluck
Every word from Hungarian szerencse →Every word from Hungarian szerencsétlen →
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