Where does “vastartalom” come from?
vastartalom (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tartalom, from Hungarian tárt, from Hungarian tár, from Serbo-Croatian tovar, from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar — livestock, cattle.
Ancestry of “vastartalom”, step by step
vastartalom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian tartalom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tartalom | content, contents |
| 2 | Hungarian | tárt | third-person singular indicative past indefinite... |
| 3 | Hungarian | tár | storehouse, repository; cabinet, collection;... |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | tovar | cargo; burden; load |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | tovarъ | loading |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *tabar | livestock, cattle |
via Hungarian Vas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Vas | and in the former Kingdom of Hungary |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | waśke | a metal; copper, iron? |
| 3 | Proto-Tocharian | wi̯äsā | gold |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂é-h₂us-o- | glow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ews- | dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up |