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Where does “fűnyíró” come from?

fűnyíró (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nyíró, from Hungarian nyír, from Proto-Uralic ńüre — twig; sprout.

fűnyíró (Hungarian): lawnmower

Definitions

  1. lawnmower

Ancestry of “fűnyíró”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyírópresent participle of nyír; cutter; cutting
2Hungariannyírto cut, trim; to mow, cut; to shear
3Proto-Uralicńüretwig; sprout
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