Where does “húsvéti tojás” come from?

húsvéti tojás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tojás, from Hungarian tojik, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

húsvéti tojás (Hungarian): Easter egg

Definitions

  1. Easter egg

Ancestry of “húsvéti tojás”, step by step

húsvéti tojás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tojás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantojásegg
2Hungariantojikto lay
3Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
4Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Hungarian húsvét

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianhúsvétEaster
2Hungarianvétto wrong someone, to do wrong to someone; to...
3Proto-Uralicwettä-to throw, fling, toss
Every word from Hungarian -ik →Every word from Proto-Uralic toxe- →Every word from Hungarian tojik →