Where does “jégpálya” come from?

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

jégpálya (Hungarian): ice rink

Definitions

  1. ice rink

Ancestry of “jégpálya”, step by step

jégpálya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian jég

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjégice
2Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Hungarian pálya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpályacourt, rink, field, pitch; path, orbit, track;...
2Latinpalliumcloak; coverlet
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Hungarian jég →