Where does “erőművész” come from?

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

erőművész (Hungarian): strongman someone who performs feats of strength, sometimes in competitions or in a circus

Definitions

  1. strongman someone who performs feats of strength, sometimes in competitions or in a circus

Ancestry of “erőművész”, step by step

erőművész traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian művész

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianművészartist
2Hungarianartificial; work, accomplishment; opus, work
3Proto-Uralicmeke-make

via Hungarian erő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianerőstrength, force, power
2Proto-Turkicerkauthority, freedom
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