Where does “karácsonyéj” come from?

karácsonyéj (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian éj, from Proto-Uralic üje — night.

karácsonyéj (Hungarian): Christmas Eve

Definitions

  1. Christmas Eve

Ancestry of “karácsonyéj”, step by step

karácsonyéj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian éj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianéjnight
2Proto-Uralicüjenight

via Hungarian karácsony

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungariankarácsonyChristmas; the feast day celebrating the birth of...

Words derived from “karácsonyéj”

Every word from Proto-Uralic üje →Every word from Hungarian éj →