Where does “pehelyfelhő” come from?

pehelyfelhő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian pehely, from Hungarian pih, from Persian پیه — fat, tallow.

pehelyfelhő (Hungarian): cirrus

Definitions

  1. cirrus

Ancestry of “pehelyfelhő”, step by step

pehelyfelhő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian pehely

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpehelydown, fluff, feather; flake
2Hungarianpihto pluck feathers; to breathe; soft eiderdown
3Persianپیهfat, tallow

via Hungarian felhő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfelhőcloud
2Proto-Finno-Ugricpilwe—

Words derived from “pehelyfelhő”

Every word from Persian پیه →Every word from Hungarian pih →Every word from Hungarian pehely →