Where does “ajakos medve” come from?

ajakos medve (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ajakos, from Hungarian ajak, from Hungarian aj, from Proto-Uralic aŋe — opening.

ajakos medve (Hungarian): sloth bear, lip bear (Melursus ursinus)

Definitions

  1. sloth bear, lip bear (Melursus ursinus)

Ancestry of “ajakos medve”, step by step

ajakos medve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian ajakos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianajakoswith lips, having lips
2Hungarianajaklip; labium
3Hungarianajoh; opening
4Proto-Uralicaŋeopening

via Hungarian medve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmedvebear
2Proto-Slavicmedvědьbear
3Proto-Slavicmedu-ēdis—
Every word from Proto-Uralic aŋe →Every word from Hungarian aj →Every word from Hungarian ajak →