Where does “ükanya” come from?

ükanya (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian anya, from Proto-Uralic ańa — a relative.

ükanya (Hungarian): great-great-grandmother

Definitions

  1. great-great-grandmother

Ancestry of “ükanya”, step by step

ükanya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian anya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariananyamother; nut
2Proto-Uralicańaa relative

via Hungarian ük

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianükdistant ancestor, great-great
2Proto-Finno-Ugricewkkɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ańa →Every word from Hungarian anya →