Where does “jéghideg” come from?

jéghideg (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian jég, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jéghideg (Hungarian): cold as ice, ice-cold

Definitions

  1. cold as ice, ice-cold

Ancestry of “jéghideg”, step by step

jéghideg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian jég

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjégice
2Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Hungarian hideg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhidegcold; cold, distant, unfeeling; cold weather

Words derived from “jéghideg”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Hungarian jég →
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