Where does “pehelysúly” come from?

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

pehelysúly (Hungarian): featherweight

Definitions

  1. featherweight

Ancestry of “pehelysúly”, step by step

pehelysúly 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 súly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansúlyweight; weight, dumbbell; shot

Words derived from “pehelysúly”

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