Where does “lélekölő” come from?

lélekölő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lélek, from Hungarian -ék, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

lélekölő (Hungarian): soul-destroying, soul-crushing, soul-sucking

Definitions

  1. soul-destroying, soul-crushing, soul-sucking

Ancestry of “lélekölő”, step by step

lélekölő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian lélek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianléleksoul; sound post
2Hungarian-ékAdded to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous...
3HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
4Albanian-ing, -ion
5Proto-West Germanic-jā
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Hungarian ölő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianölőpresent participle of öl; killing
2Hungarianölto kill, slay, murder; to devote, sacrifice,...
3Proto-Uralicsülebosom, lap, open arms
4Proto-Turkic*sögilwart
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