Where does “távollét” come from?
távollét (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lét, from Hungarian van, from Hungarian kedve, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
távollét (Hungarian): absence
Definitions
- absence
Ancestry of “távollét”, step by step
távollét traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian lét
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lét | existence; accusative singular of lé |
| 2 | Hungarian | van | to be, to exist; to have; someone has something;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | kedve | third-person singular single-possession... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 5 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Hungarian távol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | távol | far; away, absent; distance, farness, remoteness |