Where does “kamatláb” come from?

kamatláb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

kamatláb (Hungarian): interest rate

Definitions

  1. interest rate

Ancestry of “kamatláb”, step by step

kamatláb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian láb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
2Proto-Uralicluwebone
3Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Hungarian kamat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankamatinterest
2Serbo-Croatiankȁmatainterest
3Ancient Greekκάματοςtoil, trouble; weariness, exhaustion, fatigue,...

Words derived from “kamatláb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh →Every word from Proto-Uralic luwe →