Where does “holdvilág” come from?

holdvilág (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian Hold, from Proto-Uralic kuŋe — the Moon.

holdvilág (Hungarian): moonlight

Definitions

  1. moonlight

Ancestry of “holdvilág”, step by step

holdvilág traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian Hold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianHoldMoon
2Proto-Uralickuŋethe Moon

via Hungarian világ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvilágworld; illumination, light, brightness, sight;...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricwalkelight
Every word from Proto-Uralic kuŋe →Every word from Hungarian Hold →