Where does “hóförgeteg” come from?

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

hóförgeteg (Hungarian): blizzard, snowstorm

Definitions

  1. blizzard, snowstorm

Ancestry of “hóförgeteg”, step by step

hóförgeteg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian hó

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

via Hungarian förgeteg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianförgetegstorm
Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋe →Every word from Hungarian hó →