Where does “májkapu” come from?

májkapu (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian máj, from Proto-Uralic mëksa — liver.

májkapu (Hungarian): hepatic portal

Definitions

  1. hepatic portal

Ancestry of “májkapu”, step by step

májkapu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian máj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmájliver; hepatic
2Proto-Uralicmëksaliver

via Hungarian kapu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankapugate, entrance, door; goal

Words derived from “májkapu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic mëksa →Every word from Hungarian máj →
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