Where does “gyékény” come from?

gyékény (Hungarian) comes from Proto-Turkic yegen, from Proto-Turkic *yegin.

gyékény (Hungarian): cattail any of several perennial herbs, of the genus

Definitions

  1. cattail any of several perennial herbs, of the genus

Ancestry of “gyékény”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicyegennephew
2Proto-Turkic*yegin—

Words derived from “gyékény”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *yegin →Every word from Proto-Turkic yegen →