Where does “gyufagyár” come from?

gyufagyár (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gyufa, from Hungarian fá, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

gyufagyár (Hungarian): match factory

Definitions

  1. match factory

Ancestry of “gyufagyár”, step by step

gyufagyár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian gyufa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangyufamatch
2Hungarianfáfa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the...
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Hungarian gyár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangyárplant
2Hungariangyártto manufacture
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Hungarian fá →Every word from Hungarian gyufa →