Food & drinkFrom names to words

tokay

Tokaji means simply 'of Tokaj', a town in north-eastern Hungary; its sweet aszú wine was so prized at European courts — Polish, French and Russian above all — that 'Imperial Tokay' became a byword by the 18th century.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Hungarian to Polish

From Hungarian to German

From Hungarian to French

From Hungarian to Russian

1200Hungarian

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

Export “tokay”

Embed “tokay”

Save “tokay”

Export “tokay”

Embed “tokay”

Save “tokay”