Where does “koldusszegény” come from?

koldusszegény (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szegény — poor; poor in, low in; late.

koldusszegény (Hungarian): dirt-poor, penniless, beggarly, poverty-stricken in a condition of extreme poverty

Definitions

  1. dirt-poor, penniless, beggarly, poverty-stricken in a condition of extreme poverty

Ancestry of “koldusszegény”, step by step

koldusszegény traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szegény

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszegénypoor; poor in, low in; late

via Hungarian koldus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankoldusbeggar
Every word from Hungarian szegény