Where does “rozsdamentes” come from?

rozsdamentes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian rozsda, from Bulgarian ръжда, from Proto-Slavic rъďa, from Proto-Slavic rudъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic roudos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰ-o-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

rozsdamentes (Hungarian): rustproof

Definitions

  1. rustproof

Ancestry of “rozsdamentes”, step by step

rozsdamentes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian rozsda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianrozsdarust
2Bulgarianръждаrust
3Proto-Slavicrъďarust
4Proto-Slavicrudъred, blood red, reddish; ginger; brown
5Proto-Balto-Slavicroudos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰ-o-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Hungarian mentés

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmentésrescue; saving
2Hungarianmenteleaving from somewhere; going somewhere; the...
3Hungarianmentto rescue, to save; third-person singular past of...
4Hungarianménstallion; archaic third-person singular...
5Hungarianmegyto go
6Proto-Uralicmene-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰ-o- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic roudos →