Where does “medvebocs” come from?

medvebocs (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian bocs, from Hungarian bocsánat, from Hungarian bocsánik, from Proto-Turkic boĺ — free; empty.

medvebocs (Hungarian): bear cub

Definitions

  1. bear cub

Ancestry of “medvebocs”, step by step

medvebocs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian bocs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbocsbear cub; apols, soz
2Hungarianbocsánatsorry, pardon; pardon, forgiveness
3Hungarianbocsánik—
4Proto-Turkicboĺfree; empty

via Hungarian medve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmedvebear
2Proto-Slavicmedvědьbear
3Proto-Slavicmedu-ēdis—
Every word from Proto-Turkic boĺ →Every word from Hungarian bocsánik →Every word from Hungarian bocsánat →
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