Where does “nyelőcső” come from?

nyelőcső (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cső, from Hungarian -és — Added to a verb to form a noun.

nyelőcső (Hungarian): gullet, esophagus US, oesophagus UK the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach

Definitions

  1. gullet, esophagus US, oesophagus UK the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach

Ancestry of “nyelőcső”, step by step

nyelőcső traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian cső

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsőtube, pipe; bye, hi, ciao
2Hungarian-ésAdded to a verb to form a noun

via Hungarian nyelő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyelőswallowing
Every word from Hungarian -és →Every word from Hungarian cső →