Where does “kúszósül” come from?

kúszósül (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian sül, from Hungarian süt — to bake, to roast; to shine.

kúszósül (Hungarian): porcupine, New World porcupine, erethizontid

Definitions

  1. porcupine, New World porcupine, erethizontid

Ancestry of “kúszósül”, step by step

kúszósül traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian sül

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansülto bake, fry, roast; porcupine
2Hungariansütto bake, to roast; to shine

via Hungarian kúszó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankúszócrawling, climbing, creeping
2Hungarian-ó-ing. Added to a verb to form the present...
Every word from Hungarian süt →Every word from Hungarian sül →