Where does “ökörszem” come from?

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

ökörszem (Hungarian): Eurasian wren

Definitions

  1. Eurasian wren

Ancestry of “ökörszem”, step by step

ökörszem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian ökör

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

via Hungarian szem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszemeye; grain; grain, speck
2Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

Words derived from “ökörszem”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn →Every word from Proto-Tocharian wəkʷsó →
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