Where does “macskagyökér” come from?

macskagyökér (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian macska, from Proto-Slavic mačьka, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

macskagyökér (Hungarian): valerian any plant of the genus

Definitions

  1. valerian any plant of the genus

Ancestry of “macskagyökér”, step by step

macskagyökér traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian macska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmacskacat
2Proto-Slavicmačьkacat
3Proto-Slavic-ьka—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
5Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—

via Hungarian gyökér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangyökérroot; root vegetables; parsley root
2Proto-Ugricjᴕ̈kkɜ-rɜroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →Every word from Proto-Slavic mačьka →
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