Where does “külföld” come from?

külföld (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kül-, from Hungarian kívül, from Hungarian ki, from Proto-Uralic ke — who.

külföld (Hungarian): foreign countries

Definitions

  1. foreign countries

Ancestry of “külföld”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankül-external, foreign, outside of something
2Hungariankívüloutside, outdoors; outside of something; apart...
3Hungariankiout; who
4Proto-Uralickewho

Words derived from “külföld”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ke →Every word from Hungarian ki →Every word from Hungarian kívül →