Where does “dióhéj” come from?

dióhéj (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian héj — shell egg, nut, skin apple, onion, potato, peel orange, lemon, rind melon, crust bread, bark tree.

dióhéj (Hungarian): nutshell

Definitions

  1. nutshell

Ancestry of “dióhéj”, step by step

dióhéj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian héj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhéjshell egg, nut, skin apple, onion, potato, peel orange, lemon, rind melon, crust bread, bark tree

via Hungarian dió

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariandiówalnut; some other nuts

Words derived from “dióhéj”

Every word from Hungarian héj →