Where does “éjjel-nappal” come from?

éjjel-nappal (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian éjjel, from Hungarian éj, from Proto-Uralic üje — night.

éjjel-nappal (Hungarian): day and night, all the time, round the clock,...

Definitions

  1. day and night, all the time, round the clock,...

Ancestry of “éjjel-nappal”, step by step

éjjel-nappal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian éjjel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianéjjelat night; night
2Hungarianéjnight
3Proto-Uralicüjenight

via Hungarian nappal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannappalduring the day, at daytime; daytime; instrumental...
2Hungarian-valwith. Used to form the instrumental case
Every word from Proto-Uralic üje →Every word from Hungarian éj →Every word from Hungarian éjjel →