Where does “kézmosás” come from?

kézmosás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mosás, from Hungarian mos, from Proto-Uralic mośke- — to wash.

kézmosás (Hungarian): handwashing

Definitions

  1. handwashing

Ancestry of “kézmosás”, step by step

kézmosás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mosás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmosáswashing
2Hungarianmosto wash something; to brush
3Proto-Uralicmośke-to wash

via Hungarian kéz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankézhand
2Proto-Uralickätehand
Every word from Proto-Uralic mośke- →Every word from Hungarian mos →Every word from Hungarian mosás →