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Where does “alvajáró” come from?

alvajáró (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian járó, from Hungarian jár, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jorɜ — roll.

alvajáró (Hungarian): somnambulant; somnambulist, sleepwalker

Definitions

  1. somnambulant; somnambulist, sleepwalker

Ancestry of “alvajáró”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjárópresent participle of jár; going, walking,...
2Hungarianjárto go, to move between places, whether on foot or...
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjorɜroll
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