Where does “vivát” come from?
vivát (Hungarian) comes from Latin vivat, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
vivát (Hungarian): !; hooray!, hurrah!; long live!
Definitions
- !; hooray!, hurrah!; long live!
Ancestry of “vivát”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vivat | third-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 2 | Latin | vīvere | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |