Where does “jégszem” come from?

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

jégszem (Hungarian): hailstone

Definitions

  1. hailstone

Ancestry of “jégszem”, step by step

jégszem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian jég

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjégice
2Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Hungarian szem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszemeye; grain; grain, speck
2Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

Words derived from “jégszem”

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