Where does “mellcsont” come from?

mellcsont (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mell, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mälke — breast.

mellcsont (Hungarian): breastbone, sternum the central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs

Definitions

  1. breastbone, sternum the central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs

Ancestry of “mellcsont”, step by step

mellcsont traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmellbreast; chest; thoracic
2Proto-Finno-Ugricmälkebreast

via Hungarian csont

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsontbone

Words derived from “mellcsont”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mälke →Every word from Hungarian mell →