Where does “kézműves” come from?

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

kézműves (Hungarian): hand-made, hand-tooled, artisanal, artisan;...

Definitions

  1. hand-made, hand-tooled, artisanal, artisan;...

Ancestry of “kézműves”, step by step

kézműves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kéz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankézhand
2Proto-Uralickätehand

via Hungarian műves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianművesartisan, craftsman
2Hungarian-ésAdded to a verb to form a noun
Every word from Proto-Uralic käte →Every word from Hungarian kéz →