Where does “lidércnyomás” come from?

lidércnyomás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nyomás, from Hungarian -ás — Added to a verb to form a noun.

lidércnyomás (Hungarian): nightmare

Definitions

  1. nightmare

Ancestry of “lidércnyomás”, step by step

lidércnyomás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian nyomás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyomáspressure
2Hungarian-ásAdded to a verb to form a noun

via Hungarian lidérc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlidércincubus, nightmare
Every word from Hungarian -ás →Every word from Hungarian nyomás →