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
- somnambulant; somnambulist, sleepwalker
Ancestry of “alvajáró”, step by step
alvajáró traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian járó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | járó | present participle of jár; going, walking,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | jár | to go, to move between places, whether on foot or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | jorɜ | roll |
via Hungarian alva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | alva | adverbial participle of alszik |
| 2 | Hungarian | al- | sub-, under-; vice, deputy |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
Words derived from “alvajáró”