Where does “vendégszoba” come from?

vendégszoba (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szóba, from Old High German stuba, from Proto-Germanic *stubu.

vendégszoba (Hungarian): guest room

Definitions

  1. guest room

Ancestry of “vendégszoba”, step by step

vendégszoba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szóba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszóbaillative singular of szó
2Old High Germanstubaa heated room; bathroom; step
3Proto-Germanic*stubu—

via Hungarian vendég

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvendégguest; visitor, guest
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stubu →Every word from Old High German stuba →Every word from Hungarian szóba →