Where does “jó szerencsét” come from?

jó szerencsét (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian jó, from Proto-Ugric jomɜ — good.

jó szerencsét (Hungarian): good luck! the traditional greeting of Hungarian coalminers

Definitions

  1. good luck! the traditional greeting of Hungarian coalminers

Ancestry of “jó szerencsét”, step by step

jó szerencsét traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian jó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjógood good for something (can be used for)
2Proto-Ugricjomɜgood

via Hungarian szerencse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszerencseluck
Every word from Proto-Ugric jomɜ →Every word from Hungarian jó →