Where does “északnyugat” come from?

északnyugat (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian észak, from Hungarian éj, from Proto-Uralic üje — night.

északnyugat (Hungarian): northwest

Definitions

  1. northwest

Ancestry of “északnyugat”, step by step

északnyugat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian észak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianészaknorth
2Hungarianéjnight
3Proto-Uralicüjenight

via Hungarian nyugat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyugatwest

Words derived from “északnyugat”

Every word from Proto-Uralic üje →Every word from Hungarian éj →Every word from Hungarian észak →