Where does “hóvakság” come from?

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

hóvakság (Hungarian): snow blindness

Definitions

  1. snow blindness

Ancestry of “hóvakság”, step by step

hóvakság traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian

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

via Hungarian vakság

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvakságblindness
2Hungarianvakblind
Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋeEvery word from Hungarian