Where does “karvalybagoly” come from?

karvalybagoly (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian karvaly, from Proto-Turkic *kïrguy.

karvalybagoly (Hungarian): northern hawk owl

Definitions

  1. northern hawk owl

Ancestry of “karvalybagoly”, step by step

karvalybagoly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian karvaly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankarvalysparrow hawk
2Proto-Turkic*kïrguy—

via Hungarian bagoly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbagolyowl
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kïrguy →Every word from Hungarian karvaly →
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