Where does “himlőhely” come from?

himlőhely (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hely — place, location; space, room.

himlőhely (Hungarian): pockmark

Definitions

  1. pockmark

Ancestry of “himlőhely”, step by step

himlőhely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian hely

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhelyplace, location; space, room

via Hungarian himlő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhimlőanother type of pox or Poxviridae
Every word from Hungarian hely
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