Where does “fog” come from?

fog (Hungarian) comes from Proto-Ugric puŋɜ- — to grasp, to catch.

fog (Hungarian): to hold; to take; to catch, to capture

Definitions

  1. to hold; to take; to catch, to capture

Ancestry of “fog”, step by step

fog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Ugric puŋɜ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ugricpuŋɜ-to grasp, to catch

via Proto-Uralic piŋe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicpiŋetooth

Words derived from “fog

Every word from Proto-Ugric puŋɜ-