Where does “dióhéjban” come from?

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

dióhéjban (Hungarian): in a nutshell

Definitions

  1. in a nutshell

Ancestry of “dióhéjban”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariandióhéjnutshell
2Hungarianhéjshell egg, nut, skin apple, onion, potato, peel orange, lemon, rind melon, crust bread, bark tree
Every word from Hungarian héjEvery word from Hungarian dióhéj