Where does “tennivaló” come from?

tennivaló (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian való, from Hungarian van, from Hungarian kedve, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

tennivaló (Hungarian): things to be done

Definitions

  1. things to be done

Ancestry of “tennivaló”, step by step

tennivaló traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian való

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvalómeant, supposed; fitting, suitable, appropriate;...
2Hungarianvanto be, to exist; to have; someone has something;...
3Hungariankedvethird-person singular single-possession...
4HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
5Albanian-ing, -ion
6Proto-West Germanic-jā
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Hungarian tenni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantenniinfinitive of tesz
2Hungarianteszto do; to place, to put; to make
3Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Hungarian Every word from Proto-West Germanic -jā