Where does “holdvilág” come from?
holdvilág (Hungarian) comes from Middle English -hod, from Ancient Greek ὁδός, from Proto-Hellenic *hodós.
holdvilág (Hungarian): moonlight
Ancestry of “holdvilág”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | -hod | Alternative form of -hede |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὁδός | threshold; road, path, way; journey, trip,... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *hodós | — |