Where does “versenyképesség” come from?
versenyképesség (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian versenyképes, from Hungarian verseny, from Hungarian verseng, from Hungarian vers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
versenyképesség (Hungarian): competitiveness
Ancestry of “versenyképesség”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | versenyképes | competitive, marketable |
| 2 | Hungarian | verseny | race, contest, competition |
| 3 | Hungarian | verseng | to compete, contend |
| 4 | Hungarian | vers | verse, poem; race |
| 5 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 6 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |