Where does “Kelet-Ázsia” come from?

Kelet-Ázsia (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kelet, from Hungarian kel, from Bavarian Keel, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.

Kelet-Ázsia (Hungarian): East Asia

Definitions

  1. East Asia

Ancestry of “Kelet-Ázsia”, step by step

Kelet-Ázsia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kelet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankeleteast; marketability; date of dispatch
2Hungariankelto get up, rise; to rise; to sprout, shoot, bud,...
3BavarianKeelSavoy cabbage
4Latincaulisdative plural of caulae; ablative plural of...
5Ancient Greekκαυλόςstem, stalk; shaft
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂ulós—

via Hungarian Ázsia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianÁzsiaAsia

Words derived from “Kelet-Ázsia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós →Every word from Ancient Greek καυλός →Every word from Latin caulis →