Where does “fehérnemű” come from?

fehérnemű (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nemű, from Hungarian nem, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ne — no, not.

fehérnemű (Hungarian): underwear, undergarments, underclothing;...

Definitions

  1. underwear, undergarments, underclothing;...

Ancestry of “fehérnemű”, step by step

fehérnemű traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian nemű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianneműof …… kind or sort; of …… gender, of …… sex
2Hungariannemno, not; no; sex, gender
3Proto-Finno-Ugricneno, not

via Hungarian fehér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfehérwhite; Caucasian; a Caucasian person
2Proto-Finno-Ugricpäjɜwhite

Words derived from “fehérnemű”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ne →Every word from Hungarian nem →Every word from Hungarian nemű →