Where does “lábtyű” come from?

lábtyű (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

lábtyű (Hungarian): footwear

Definitions

  1. footwear

Ancestry of “lábtyű”, step by step

lábtyű traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian láb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
2Proto-Uralicluwebone
3Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Hungarian kesztyű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankesztyűglove
2Hungariankézhand
3Proto-Uralickätehand
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh →Every word from Proto-Uralic luwe →