Where does “emlékmű” come from?

emlékmű (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mű, from Proto-Uralic meke- — make.

emlékmű (Hungarian): memorial

Definitions

  1. memorial

Ancestry of “emlékmű”, step by step

emlékmű traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianműartificial; work, accomplishment; opus, work
2Proto-Uralicmeke-make

via Hungarian emlék

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianemlékmemory; souvenir, keepsake, relic
2Hungarianemlékezikto commemorate; to remember
Every word from Proto-Uralic meke- →Every word from Hungarian mű →