Where does “nyelvtudomány” come from?

nyelvtudomány (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tudomány, from Hungarian -omány, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

nyelvtudomány (Hungarian): linguistics the scientific study of language

Definitions

  1. linguistics the scientific study of language

Ancestry of “nyelvtudomány”, step by step

nyelvtudomány traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tudomány

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantudományscience; knowledge
2Hungarian-ományAdded to a verb to form a noun indicating the...
3Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian nyelv

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

Words derived from “nyelvtudomány”

Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →Every word from Hungarian -d →Every word from Hungarian -omány →