Where does “mellhártyaüreg” come from?

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

mellhártyaüreg (Hungarian): pleural cavity the part of the thoracic cavity that surrounds the lungs and is enclosed by the pleurae

Definitions

  1. pleural cavity the part of the thoracic cavity that surrounds the lungs and is enclosed by the pleurae

Ancestry of “mellhártyaüreg”, step by step

mellhártyaüreg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mellhártya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmellhártyapleura; pleural
2Hungarianmellbreast; chest; thoracic
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmälkebreast

via Hungarian üreg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianüregcavity, hole, cave, pit, cavern, sinus
2Hungarianür-—

Words derived from “mellhártyaüreg”

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