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Where does “vetekedik” come from?

vetekedik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vetélkedik, from Hungarian vetél, from Hungarian vét, from Proto-Uralic wettä- — to throw, fling, toss.

vetekedik (Hungarian): to rival someone or something in something, to be...

Definitions

  1. to rival someone or something in something, to be...

Ancestry of “vetekedik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvetélkedikto compete
2Hungarianvetélto miscarry, abort
3Hungarianvétto wrong someone, to do wrong to someone; to...
4Proto-Uralicwettä-to throw, fling, toss
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