véd-

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Hungarian

Etymology

Calque of German Schutz-, based on the Hungarian verb véd (to protect) in present-participle sense (compare gyógy-, jár-, lát-). Some of its compounds were coined based on Hungarian compounds already coined.[1]

Pronunciation

Prefix

véd-

  1. (archaic in most compounds) protective, safety
    Synonym: védő

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ véd- in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.