Where does “hóbagoly” come from?

hóbagoly (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hó, from Proto-Uralic kuŋe — the Moon.

hóbagoly (Hungarian): snowy owl

Definitions

  1. snowy owl

Ancestry of “hóbagoly”, step by step

hóbagoly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian hó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhósnow; month; whoa
2Proto-Uralickuŋethe Moon

via Hungarian bagoly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbagolyowl

Words derived from “hóbagoly”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋe →Every word from Hungarian hó →