Where does “csodabogár” come from?

csodabogár (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csoda, from Proto-Slavic čudo, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

csodabogár (Hungarian): oddball, queer fish, strange bird

Definitions

  1. oddball, queer fish, strange bird

Ancestry of “csodabogár”, step by step

csodabogár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian csoda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsodamiracle, wonder
2Proto-Slavicčudomiracle, wonder
3Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
4Proto-Slavicisk-je—

via Hungarian bogár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbogárbeetle; bug

Words derived from “csodabogár”

Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →Every word from Proto-Slavic čudo →