Where does “lángész” come from?

lángész (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ész, from Proto-Turkic es — memory; mind.

lángész (Hungarian): genius

Definitions

  1. genius

Ancestry of “lángész”, step by step

lángész traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian ész

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianészintellect, brains, mind, reason, judgment,...
2Proto-Turkicesmemory; mind

via Hungarian láng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlángflame, flare, fire
2Proto-Finno-Ugriclomɜwarmth, flame

Words derived from “lángész”

Every word from Proto-Turkic es →Every word from Hungarian ész →
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