Where does “halványpiros” come from?

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

halványpiros (Hungarian): pale red (color)

Definitions

  1. pale red (color)

Ancestry of “halványpiros”, step by step

halványpiros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian halvány

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

via Hungarian piros

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