Where does “valahányszor” come from?

valahányszor (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian valahány, from Hungarian vala-, from Zou va̋, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ — bird, fowl.

valahányszor (Hungarian): whenever, every time, as often as, as many times...

Definitions

  1. whenever, every time, as often as, as many times...

Ancestry of “valahányszor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvalahánysome; all; some number of
2Hungarianvala-some-
3Zouva̋bird
4Proto-Kuki-Chin*waa—
5Proto-Sino-Tibetan*waʔbird, fowl
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ →Every word from Hungarian vala- →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa →