Where does “jégkocka” come from?

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

jégkocka (Hungarian): ice cube

Definitions

  1. ice cube

Ancestry of “jégkocka”, step by step

jégkocka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian jég

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjégice
2Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Hungarian kocka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankockacube; block, cube; die, dice

Words derived from “jégkocka”

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