Where does “nyeldes” come from?

nyeldes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nyél, from Proto-Uralic ńäle- — to swallow.

nyeldes (Hungarian): to swallow repeatedly of food, drink, tears, air, smoke: to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach or figuratively to the lungs

Definitions

  1. to swallow repeatedly of food, drink, tears, air, smoke: to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach or figuratively to the lungs

Ancestry of “nyeldes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyélhandle
2Proto-Uralicńäle-to swallow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńäle- →Every word from Hungarian nyél →