Where does “hópehely” come from?

hópehely (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian pehely, from Hungarian pih, from Persian پیه — fat, tallow.

hópehely (Hungarian): snowflake

Definitions

  1. snowflake

Ancestry of “hópehely”, step by step

hópehely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian pehely

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpehelydown, fluff, feather; flake
2Hungarianpihto pluck feathers; to breathe; soft eiderdown
3Persianپیهfat, tallow

via Hungarian hó

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

Words derived from “hópehely”

Every word from Persian پیه →Every word from Hungarian pih →Every word from Hungarian pehely →