Where does “leveș” come from?

leveș (Romanian) comes from Hungarian leves, from Hungarian lesz, from Proto-Finno-Ugric le- — to become; to be, exist, will be, live.

leveș (Romanian): meat soup

Definitions

  1. meat soup

Ancestry of “leveș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlevessoup
2Hungarianleszwill be; must be, have to be; to become, come...
3Proto-Finno-Ugricle-to become; to be, exist, will be, live
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric le- →Every word from Hungarian lesz →Every word from Hungarian leves →