Where does “jégtömb” come from?
jégtömb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tömb, from Hungarian töm, from Proto-Finno-Ugric temɜ — full, complete; stuff, fill.
jégtömb (Hungarian): iceblock; calf
Ancestry of “jégtömb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | tömb | block |
| 2 | Hungarian | töm | to stuff, to fill |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | temɜ | full, complete; stuff, fill |