Where does “honvéd” come from?
honvéd (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hón, from Hungarian honn, from Hungarian hogy, from Proto-Uralic kuńćɜ, from Proto-Uralic ku- — who; where.
honvéd (Hungarian): soldier
Ancestry of “honvéd”, step by step
honvéd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian hón
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | hón | armpit |
| 2 | Hungarian | honn | at home |
| 3 | Hungarian | hogy | how?; that; if, whether |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kuńćɜ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ku- | who; where |
via Hungarian véd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | véd | to protect, guard; to shelter; to defend |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | wäntɜ- | to see, look at, watch |
Words derived from “honvéd”