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Where does “jégkorszaki” come from?

jégkorszaki (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian jégkorszak, from Hungarian korszak, from Hungarian kör, from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor — heart.

jégkorszaki (Hungarian): ice age

Definitions

  1. ice age

Ancestry of “jégkorszaki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjégkorszakice age
2Hungariankorszakera
3Hungariankörcircle; circle, ring, company; round, lap
4FrenchCœur—
5Middle FrenchcœurAlternative form of coeur
6Old Frenchcuerheart
7Vulgar Latin*corem—
8Latincorheart; soul, mind
9Proto-Italickordheart
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
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