Where does “epehólyag” come from?

epehólyag (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian epe, from Proto-Finno-Ugric säppä — bile, gall.

epehólyag (Hungarian): gall bladder, gallbladder a pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum

Definitions

  1. gall bladder, gallbladder a pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum

Ancestry of “epehólyag”, step by step

epehólyag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian epe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianepebile
2Proto-Finno-Ugricsäppäbile, gall

via Hungarian hólyag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhólyagbladder; blister; bubble
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickuplato bubble

Words derived from “epehólyag”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric säppä →Every word from Hungarian epe →