Where does “halvány rigó” come from?
halvány rigó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian halvány, from Hungarian hál, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.
halvány rigó (Hungarian): eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus)
Definitions
- eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus)
Ancestry of “halvány rigó”, step by step
halvány rigó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian halvány
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | halvány | faint |
| 2 | Hungarian | hál | to sleep |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kale- | to die |
via Hungarian rigó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | rigó | thrush; Ellipsis of sárgarigó; Ellipsis of... |