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From -g (frequentative suffix) +‎ -at (causative suffix).[1]

-gat

  1. (frequentative suffix) Mostly added to transitive verbs (less frequently to other types of words) to form new verbs denoting repetitive action. It may also change the meaning.
    ‎hall (“to hear”) + ‎-gat → ‎hallgat (“to listen, to be quiet”)
  • (frequentative suffix) Variants:
    -gat is added to back-vowel words
    ‎hall (“to hear”) + ‎-gat → ‎hallgat (“to listen, to be quiet”)
    -get is added to front-vowel words
    ‎beszél (“to talk”) + ‎-get → ‎beszélget (“to chit-chat”)
    -ogat is added to back-vowel monosyllabic words
    ‎mos (“to wash”) + ‎-ogat → ‎mosogat (“to do the dishes”)
    -eget is added to unrounded front-vowel monosyllabic words
    ‎kér (“to ask, request”) + ‎-eget → ‎kéreget (“to beg (alms)”)
    -öget is added to rounded front-vowel monosyllabic words
    ‎üt (“to hit, to beat, to strike”) + ‎-öget → ‎ütöget (“to make (small) strikes repeatedly”)
  1. ^ -gat in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)