Where does “sárkányhajó” come from?

sárkányhajó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hajó, from Proto-Uralic kojwa — birch.

sárkányhajó (Hungarian): dragon boat

Definitions

  1. dragon boat

Ancestry of “sárkányhajó”, step by step

sárkányhajó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian hajó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhajóship; nave
2Proto-Uralickojwabirch

via Hungarian sárkány

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansárkánydragon; kite; virago, termagant, vixen, shrew,...
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