aki szelet vet, vihart arat

Hungarian

Etymology

aki (“who/ever”) + szél (“wind”) +‎ -et (accusative suffix) + vet (“to sow”) + vihar (“storm”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix) + arat (“to harvest, reap”). Literally, “whoever sows a wind will reap a storm”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌɒki ˈsɛlɛtvɛt ˈviɦɒrtɒrɒt]

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Proverb

aki szelet vet, vihart arat

1. sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

See also

• ki mint vet, úgy arat
• amilyen az adjonisten, olyan a fogadjisten

Further reading

• Paczolay, Gyula: 750 Hungarian Proverbs. Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda. 1991. →ISBN