Where does “gőzhajó” come from?
gőzhajó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hajó, from Proto-Uralic kojwa — birch.
gőzhajó (Hungarian): steamboat
Ancestry of “gőzhajó”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | hajó | ship; nave |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | kojwa | birch |