Where does “mandulavaj” come from?

mandulavaj (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mandula, from Italian mandorlo, from Latin amandulus, from Latin amygdalus, from Ancient Greek ἀμύγδαλος.

mandulavaj (Hungarian): almond butter

Definitions

  1. almond butter

Ancestry of “mandulavaj”, step by step

mandulavaj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mandula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmandulaalmond; tonsil
2Italianmandorloalmond
3Latinamandulus—
4Latinamygdalusalmond tree
5Ancient Greekἀμύγδαλος—

via Hungarian váj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvájto hollow out, scoop; to deepen
Every word from Ancient Greek ἀμύγδαλος →Every word from Latin amygdalus →Every word from Latin amandulus →