Where does “fáklyafény” come from?

fáklyafény (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fáklya, from Latin facula, from Latin fax, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- — to shine.

fáklyafény (Hungarian): torchlight

Definitions

  1. torchlight

Ancestry of “fáklyafény”, step by step

fáklyafény traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian fáklya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfáklyatorch
2Latinfaculasmall torch
3Latinfaxtorch, firebrand; fireball, comet; cause of ruin,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʷʰeh₂k-to shine

via Hungarian fény

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfénylight; shine
2Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
3Proto-Uralicpäje—

Words derived from “fáklyafény”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- →Every word from Latin fax →Every word from Latin facula →