Where does “узак” come from?

узак (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian urak, from Hungarian -ák, from Hungarian -k, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

узак (Serbo-Croatian): narrow; strait, tight

Definitions

  1. narrow; strait, tight

Ancestry of “узак”, step by step

узак traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian urak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianuraknominative plural of úr
2Hungarian-áks, -es
3Hungarian-k-s, -es; Denotes the first-person singular...
4Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
5Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
6Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Proto-Slavic ǫzъkъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicǫzъkъnarrow, tight
2Proto-Balto-Slavicanźukas—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicanźus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énǵʰusnarrow, tight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enǵʰ-to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →Every word from Hungarian -k →Every word from Hungarian -d →