Where does “karácsonyi lap” come from?

karácsonyi lap (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian láp, from Proto-Uralic läppä — spleen.

karácsonyi lap (Hungarian): Christmas card

Definitions

  1. Christmas card

Ancestry of “karácsonyi lap”, step by step

karácsonyi lap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian láp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlápmoor
2Proto-Uralicläppäspleen

via Hungarian karácsony

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