Where does “vízfesték” come from?
vízfesték (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian festék, from Hungarian -ék, 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...
vízfesték (Hungarian): watercolour, watercolor
Definitions
- watercolour, watercolor
Ancestry of “vízfesték”, step by step
vízfesték traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian festék
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | festék | paint; dye |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ék | Added to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 4 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |