Where does “tűvé tesz” come from?

tűvé tesz (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tesz, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tűvé tesz (Hungarian): to search meticulously someplace (for someone or something), to fine-tooth comb, leave no stone unturned, turn upside down, search every nook and cranny, search high and low, to scour

Definitions

  1. to search meticulously someplace (for someone or something), to fine-tooth comb, leave no stone unturned, turn upside down, search every nook and cranny, search high and low, to scour

Ancestry of “tűvé tesz”, step by step

tűvé tesz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tesz

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

via Hungarian tű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantűneedle; pin
2Hungariantövikto stitch; to prick, drill; to prick, stab;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Hungarian tesz →