Where does “lángszóró” come from?

lángszóró (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szóró, from Hungarian szór, from Turkic unknown Turkic word.

lángszóró (Hungarian): flamethrower

Definitions

  1. flamethrower

Ancestry of “lángszóró”, step by step

lángszóró traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szóró

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszórópresent participle of szór; sprayer, caster,...
2Hungarianszórto sprinkle, scatter
3Turkicunknown Turkic word—

via Hungarian láng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlángflame, flare, fire
2Proto-Finno-Ugriclomɜwarmth, flame
Every word from Turkic unknown Turkic word →Every word from Hungarian szór →Every word from Hungarian szóró →