Where does “földkéreg” come from?

földkéreg (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kéreg, from Old Hungarian kér.

földkéreg (Hungarian): crust the outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth

Definitions

  1. crust the outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth

Ancestry of “földkéreg”, step by step

földkéreg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kéreg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankéregbark, rind; cortex
2Old Hungariankér—

via Hungarian Föld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianFöldEarth
Every word from Old Hungarian kér →Every word from Hungarian kéreg →