Where does “kacsacsőrű” come from?
kacsacsőrű (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kacsa, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.
kacsacsőrű (Hungarian): duck-billed
Ancestry of “kacsacsőrű”, step by step
kacsacsőrű traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kacsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kacsa | duck; canard; bed urinal |
| 2 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |
via Hungarian csőrű
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csőrű | -billed, with a …… beak; nose |
| 2 | Hungarian | csőr | beak; spout, nozzle; piehole, trap |
Words derived from “kacsacsőrű”