Where does “nyelvemlék” come from?

nyelvemlék (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nyelv, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ńälmä — tongue.

nyelvemlék (Hungarian): surviving linguistic record or monument, an extant historical text or passage attesting some earlier state and form of a particular language, whether a fragment, a list of proper names, a glossary, a complete document, or another kind of written, painted, carved, or printed etc. record

Definitions

  1. surviving linguistic record or monument, an extant historical text or passage attesting some earlier state and form of a particular language, whether a fragment, a list of proper names, a glossary, a complete document, or another kind of written, painted, carved, or printed etc. record

Ancestry of “nyelvemlék”, step by step

nyelvemlék traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian nyelv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyelvtongue; language; language, tongue
2Proto-Finno-Ugricńälmätongue

via Hungarian emlék

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianemlékmemory; souvenir, keepsake, relic
2Hungarianemlékezikto commemorate; to remember
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ńälmäEvery word from Hungarian nyelv