Where does “tintahalak” come from?
tintahalak (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tintahal, from Hungarian tinta, from Latin tincta, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
tintahalak (Hungarian): nominative plural of tintahal
Definitions
- nominative plural of tintahal
Ancestry of “tintahalak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | tintahal | squid |
| 2 | Hungarian | tinta | ink; booze |
| 3 | Latin | tincta | nominative feminine singular of tīnctus;... |
| 4 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |