Where does “űrlény” come from?
űrlény (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian űr, from Hungarian üreg, from Hungarian ür-.
űrlény (Hungarian): extraterrestrial, alien
Ancestry of “űrlény”, step by step
űrlény traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian űr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | űr | void, gap; space, outer space; emptiness |
| 2 | Hungarian | üreg | cavity, hole, cave, pit, cavern, sinus |
| 3 | Hungarian | ür- | — |
via Hungarian lény
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lény | being |
| 2 | Hungarian | lesz | will be; must be, have to be; to become, come... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | le- | to become; to be, exist, will be, live |