Where does “lótolvaj” come from?

lótolvaj (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ló, from Proto-Ugric *luɣǝ — horse.

lótolvaj (Hungarian): horse thief

Definitions

  1. horse thief

Ancestry of “lótolvaj”, step by step

lótolvaj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian ló

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlóhorse; knight; pommel horse
2Proto-Ugric*luɣǝhorse

via Hungarian tolvaj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantolvajthief
Every word from Proto-Ugric *luɣǝ →Every word from Hungarian ló →