Where does “összetett szem” come from?

összetett szem (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian összetett, from Hungarian összetesz, from Hungarian tesz, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

összetett szem (Hungarian): compound eye visual organ consisting of tiny independent photoreception units

Definitions

  1. compound eye visual organ consisting of tiny independent photoreception units

Ancestry of “összetett szem”, step by step

összetett szem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian összetett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianösszetettthird-person singular indicative past indefinite...
2Hungarianösszeteszto join, compound
3Hungarianteszto do; to place, to put; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Hungarian szem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszemeye; grain; grain, speck
2Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Hungarian tesz →