Where does “arckép” come from?
arckép (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian arc, from Hungarian orr, from Proto-Uralic wëre — peak.
arckép (Hungarian): portrait
Ancestry of “arckép”, step by step
arckép traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian arc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | arc | face |
| 2 | Hungarian | orr | nose; nasal, naso- |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | wëre | peak |
via Hungarian kép
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kép | manner, way, method; form, shape, appearence;... |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *kēp | form, example, image |
Words derived from “arckép”