Where does “kétpúpú teve” come from?

kétpúpú teve (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tévé, from Hungarian tesz, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

kétpúpú teve (Hungarian): Bactrian camel

Definitions

  1. Bactrian camel

Ancestry of “kétpúpú teve”, step by step

kétpúpú teve traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tévé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantévételly, TV
2Hungarianteszto do; to place, to put; to make
3Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Hungarian két

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankéttwo; doubt
2Proto-UralickäktäAlternative form of *kakta
3Proto-Uralickaktatwo

via Hungarian púpú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpúpúhumped
2Hungarian-űAdded to a noun to form an adjective denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Hungarian tesz →