Where does “Dél-Oszétia” come from?

Dél-Oszétia (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian dél, from Proto-Turkic tǖł — balanced, equal, fellow, well-matched, come...

Ancestry of “Dél-Oszétia”, step by step

Dél-Oszétia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian dél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariandélnoon; south, abbreviated as D
2Proto-Turkictǖłbalanced, equal, fellow, well-matched, come...

via Hungarian Oszétia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianOszétia—
Every word from Proto-Turkic tǖł →Every word from Hungarian dél →