Where does “volt” come from?

volt (Hungarian) comes from Proto-Uralic wole- — to be, become; be, will be.

volt (Hungarian): third-person singular indicative past indefinite...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite...

Ancestry of “volt”, step by step

volt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Uralic wole-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicwole-to be, become; be, will be

via Proto-Uralic woli-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicwoli-

Words derived from “volt

Every word from Proto-Uralic wole-
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