Where does “váltságdíj” come from?

váltságdíj (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian váltság, from Hungarian vált, from Hungarian válik, from Hungarian -játok, from Hungarian -atok, from Hungarian -ök, from Hungarian -k, from Hungarian -ö- — 3rd person plural verb ending.

váltságdíj (Hungarian): ransom

Definitions

  1. ransom

Ancestry of “váltságdíj”, step by step

váltságdíj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian váltság

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianváltságransom
2Hungarianváltto change, replace, exchange; to change; to...
3Hungarianválikto become, to turn or turn into; to become, to...
4Hungarian-játokUsed to form the second-person plural present...
5Hungarian-atokyour; Used to form the first-person singular...
6Hungarian-ök-s, -es; Used to form the first-person singular...
7Hungarian-k-s, -es; Denotes the first-person singular...
8Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
9Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
10Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian díj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariandíjprice, fee; prize
2Hungariandíjathird-person singular single-possession...
3HungarianUsed to form the third-person singular indicative...
4Proto-Uralic-i
Every word from Middle Welsh -ntEvery word from Hungarian -ökEvery word from Hungarian -k