Where does “halványkék” come from?

halványkék (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian halvány, from Hungarian hál, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.

halványkék (Hungarian): pale blue (color)

Definitions

  1. pale blue (color)

Ancestry of “halványkék”, step by step

halványkék traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian halvány

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhalványfaint
2Hungarianhálto sleep
3Proto-Uralickale-to die

via Hungarian KÉK

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianKÉKENE
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →Every word from Hungarian hál →Every word from Hungarian halvány →