Where does “hókócsag” come from?

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

hókócsag (Hungarian): snowy egret

Definitions

  1. snowy egret

Ancestry of “hókócsag”, step by step

hókócsag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian hó

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

via Hungarian kócsag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankócsagheron, egret
Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋe →Every word from Hungarian hó →