Where does “vészkijárat” come from?
vészkijárat (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kijárat, from Hungarian járat, from Hungarian jár, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jorɜ — roll.
vészkijárat (Hungarian): emergency exit
Ancestry of “vészkijárat”, step by step
vészkijárat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kijárat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kijárat | exit |
| 2 | Hungarian | járat | line (e.g. of public transportation), flight |
| 3 | Hungarian | jár | to go, to move between places, whether on foot or... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | jorɜ | roll |
via Hungarian vész
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | vész | plague, pestilence, pandemic, disease; disaster,... |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | wexe- | to take, to grasp |