Where does “tegnapelőtt” come from?

tegnapelőtt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian előtt, from Hungarian -tt, from Proto-Uralic -tt.

tegnapelőtt (Hungarian): the day before yesterday

Definitions

  1. the day before yesterday

Ancestry of “tegnapelőtt”, step by step

tegnapelőtt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian előtt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianelőttin front of, ahead of, before; before, prior to
2Hungarian-tt-ed, -t. Used to form the past participle of a...
3Proto-Uralic-tt—

via Hungarian tegnap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantegnapyesterday
2Hungarianteg-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tt →Every word from Hungarian -tt →Every word from Hungarian előtt →