Where does “halászbagoly” come from?

halászbagoly (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian halász, from Hungarian hál, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.

halászbagoly (Hungarian): fishing owl (Scotopelia)

Definitions

  1. fishing owl (Scotopelia)

Ancestry of “halászbagoly”, step by step

halászbagoly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian halász

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhalászfisherman, fisher
2Hungarianhálto sleep
3Proto-Uralickale-to die

via Hungarian bagoly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbagolyowl
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →Every word from Hungarian hál →Every word from Hungarian halász →