Where does “búzavirág” come from?
búzavirág (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian búza, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
búzavirág (Hungarian): cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Definitions
- cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Ancestry of “búzavirág”, step by step
búzavirág traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian búza
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | búza | wheat |
| 2 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 3 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via Hungarian virág
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | virág | flower |