Where does “tízszög” come from?

tízszög (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szög, from Hungarian sző, from Hungarian -et, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

tízszög (Hungarian): decagon a polygon with ten sides and ten angles

Definitions

  1. decagon a polygon with ten sides and ten angles

Ancestry of “tízszög”, step by step

tízszög traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szög

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszögnail; angle; angle, viewing direction
2Hungarianszőto weave; to spin; to plot
3Hungarian-etAdded to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of...
4Hungarian-é-
5Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
6Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian tíz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantízten
2Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Middle Welsh -ntEvery word from Hungarian -etEvery word from Hungarian -d
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