Where does “jakvajas mécses” come from?

jakvajas mécses (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian jak, from Tibetan གཡག, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ — sheep, yak.

jakvajas mécses (Hungarian): butter lamp

Definitions

  1. butter lamp

Ancestry of “jakvajas mécses”, step by step

jakvajas mécses traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian jak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjakyak
2Tibetanགཡགyak
3Proto-Sino-Tibetang-jak ~ g-jaŋsheep, yak

via Hungarian mécses

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmécseslampion a small oil lamp
2Hungarianmécslampion; bowl candle or candle tin

via Hungarian váj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvájto hollow out, scoop; to deepen
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-jak ~ g-jaŋ →Every word from Tibetan གཡག →Every word from Hungarian jak →