Where does “éhhalál” come from?

éhhalál (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian halál, from Hungarian -ál, from Hungarian -l, from Proto-Uralic -l.

éhhalál (Hungarian): death from starvation

Definitions

  1. death from starvation

Ancestry of “éhhalál”, step by step

éhhalál traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian halál

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhaláldeath
2Hungarian-álSame as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for...
3Hungarian-lAppended to a noun, an adjective or less...
4Proto-Uralic-l—

via Hungarian éh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianéhhungry; hunger
Every word from Proto-Uralic -l →Every word from Hungarian -ál →Every word from Hungarian -l →