Where does “kézilabda” come from?

kézilabda (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kézi, from Hungarian kéz, from Proto-Uralic käte — hand.

kézilabda (Hungarian): handball; the small rubber ball used in handball

Definitions

  1. handball; the small rubber ball used in handball

Ancestry of “kézilabda”, step by step

kézilabda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kézi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankézimanual; handball
2Hungariankézhand
3Proto-Uralickätehand

via Hungarian labda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlabdaball
2Proto-Slaviclopъtaball

Words derived from “kézilabda”

Every word from Proto-Uralic käte →Every word from Hungarian kéz →Every word from Hungarian kézi →