Where does “jégvirág” come from?

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

jégvirág (Hungarian): ice fern, window frost, fern frost, ice flowers a flower-like encrustation of frost found on windows in cold weather

Definitions

  1. ice fern, window frost, fern frost, ice flowers a flower-like encrustation of frost found on windows in cold weather

Ancestry of “jégvirág”, step by step

jégvirág traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian jég

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjégice
2Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Hungarian virág

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvirágflower
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋeEvery word from Hungarian jég