Where does “halványszürke” come from?

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

halványszürke (Hungarian): pale grey (color)

Definitions

  1. pale grey (color)

Ancestry of “halványszürke”, step by step

halványszürke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian halvány

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

via Hungarian szürke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszürkegrey
2Proto-Finno-Ugricćerɜgrey
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →Every word from Hungarian hál →Every word from Hungarian halvány →