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

Definitions

  1. stake, bet, wager

Ancestry of “tét”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianteszto do; to place, to put; to make
2Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “tét”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Hungarian tesz →