Where does “kemény dió” come from?

kemény dió (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kemény, from Proto-Uralic kämä — hard, firm.

kemény dió (Hungarian): hard nut to crack, toughie; hard nut to crack

Definitions

  1. hard nut to crack, toughie; hard nut to crack

Ancestry of “kemény dió”, step by step

kemény dió traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kemény

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankeményhard
2Proto-Uralickämähard, firm

via Hungarian dió

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariandiówalnut; some other nuts
Every word from Proto-Uralic kämä →Every word from Hungarian kemény →