Where does “ágyékcsigolya” come from?

ágyékcsigolya (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ágyék, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ońća.

ágyékcsigolya (Hungarian): lumbar vertebra

Definitions

  1. lumbar vertebra

Ancestry of “ágyékcsigolya”, step by step

ágyékcsigolya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian ágyék

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianágyékloin, groin, the lumbar region
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ońća

via Hungarian csigolya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsigolyavertebra

Words derived from “ágyékcsigolya

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ońćaEvery word from Hungarian ágyék
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