Where does “gúnya” come from?

gúnya (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gúny, from Hungarian gúnyol — to ridicule, mock, make fun of, poke fun at.

gúnya (Hungarian): slops, duds, togs outerwear, often poor-looking

Definitions

  1. slops, duds, togs outerwear, often poor-looking

Ancestry of “gúnya”, step by step

gúnya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian gúny

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangúnyridicule, mockery, sarcasm
2Hungariangúnyolto ridicule, mock, make fun of, poke fun at

via Proto-Slavic *guna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*gunacoarse fur clothing

Words derived from “gúnya”

Every word from Hungarian gúnyol →