Where does “pehelykönnyű” come from?

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

pehelykönnyű (Hungarian): featherlight, light as a feather

Definitions

  1. featherlight, light as a feather

Ancestry of “pehelykönnyű”, step by step

pehelykönnyű 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 könnyű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankönnyűeasy; light; easy, loose
2Proto-Ugrickᴕ̈nɜlight
Every word from Persian پیه →Every word from Hungarian pih →Every word from Hungarian pehely →