Where does “ősember” come from?
ősember (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ős, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.
ősember (Hungarian): prehistoric man
Ancestry of “ősember”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | ős | ancient, very old; mostly used in compounds as a... |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | ićä | father |