Where does “vízjel” come from?
vízjel (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian víz, from Proto-Uralic wete — water.
vízjel (Hungarian): watermark
Ancestry of “vízjel”, step by step
vízjel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian víz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | víz | water; flood; drinking water, mineral water |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | wete | water |
via Hungarian jel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | jel | sign, symbol; marker, inflectional suffix or... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | jälke | — |
Words derived from “vízjel”