Where does “fehérvérsejt” come from?

fehérvérsejt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vérsejt, from Hungarian vér, from Proto-Uralic wëre — peak.

fehérvérsejt (Hungarian): white blood cell, leukocyte

Definitions

  1. white blood cell, leukocyte

Ancestry of “fehérvérsejt”, step by step

fehérvérsejt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian vérsejt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvérsejtblood cell
2Hungarianvérblood
3Proto-Uralicwërepeak

via Hungarian fehér

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

Words derived from “fehérvérsejt”

Every word from Proto-Uralic wëre →Every word from Hungarian vér →Every word from Hungarian vérsejt →
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