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

fűnyíró traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian nyíró

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

via Hungarian fű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfűgrass; pot, grass, marijuana
2Proto-Ugricpimɜgrass

Words derived from “fűnyíró”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ńüre →Every word from Hungarian nyír →Every word from Hungarian nyíró →