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Where does “ökörnyálak” come from?

ökörnyálak (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ökörnyál, from Hungarian ökör, from Proto-Turkic öküŕ, from Proto-Tocharian wəkʷsó, from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn.

ökörnyálak (Hungarian): nominative plural of ökörnyál

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of ökörnyál

Ancestry of “ökörnyálak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianökörnyálgossamer, spider silk
2Hungarianökörox
3Proto-Turkicöküŕox, bull
4Proto-Tocharianwəkʷsódraft-ox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn—
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