Where does “tét” come from?
tét (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tesz, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
tét (Hungarian): stake, bet, wager
Ancestry of “tét”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | tesz | to do; to place, to put; to make |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |