Where does “látóideg” come from?

látóideg (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian látó, from Hungarian lát, from German lōt, from Hebrew לוֹט — myrrh.

látóideg (Hungarian): optic nerve either of a pair of nerves that carry visual information from the retina to the brain

Definitions

  1. optic nerve either of a pair of nerves that carry visual information from the retina to the brain

Ancestry of “látóideg”, step by step

látóideg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian látó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlátópresent participle of lát; seeing; clairvoyant
2Hungarianlátto see
3Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
4Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

via Hungarian ideg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianidegnerve; bowstring; string of lute
2Proto-Uralicjäntestring

Words derived from “látóideg”

Every word from Hebrew לוֹט →Every word from German lōt →Every word from Hungarian lát →