Where does “sörhab” come from?

sörhab (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hab, from Proto-Uralic *kompa — wave.

sörhab (Hungarian): head the foam that forms at the top of a glass of beer

Definitions

  1. head the foam that forms at the top of a glass of beer

Ancestry of “sörhab”, step by step

sörhab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian hab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhabfoam; whipped cream; froth
2Proto-Uralic*kompawave

via Hungarian sör

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansörbeer
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kompa →Every word from Hungarian hab →