Where does “pénzmosás” come from?

pénzmosás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mosás, from Hungarian mos, from Proto-Uralic mośke- — to wash.

pénzmosás (Hungarian): money laundering

Definitions

  1. money laundering

Ancestry of “pénzmosás”, step by step

pénzmosás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mosás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmosáswashing
2Hungarianmosto wash something; to brush
3Proto-Uralicmośke-to wash

via Hungarian pénz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpénzmoney
Every word from Proto-Uralic mośke- →Every word from Hungarian mos →Every word from Hungarian mosás →