Where does “tekintélyes” come from?
tekintélyes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tekintély, from Hungarian tekint, from Hungarian -int, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.
tekintélyes (Hungarian): respectable, distinguished; considerable,...
Definitions
- respectable, distinguished; considerable,...
Ancestry of “tekintélyes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | tekintély | authority, prestige, respect, regard |
| 2 | Hungarian | tekint | to view, to look at something; to regard, to... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -int | Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |