Where does “láthatár” come from?

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

láthatár (Hungarian): horizon, skyline the visible horizontal line or point (in all directions) that appears to connect the Earth to the sky

Definitions

  1. horizon, skyline the visible horizontal line or point (in all directions) that appears to connect the Earth to the sky

Ancestry of “láthatár”, step by step

láthatár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian lát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlátto see
2Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
3Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

via Hungarian határ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhatárlimit, boundary; border, outskirts, frontier,...
2Hungarianhátback; well; then, and, but
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

Words derived from “láthatár”

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