Where does “sejtmag” come from?

sejtmag (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mag, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muŋkɜ — body.

sejtmag (Hungarian): cell nucleus, nucleus a large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material

Definitions

  1. cell nucleus, nucleus a large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material

Ancestry of “sejtmag”, step by step

sejtmag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmagseed, pip; kernel, core
2Proto-Finno-Ugricmuŋkɜbody

via Hungarian sejt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansejtcell; to suspect, presume, guess

Words derived from “sejtmag

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric muŋkɜEvery word from Hungarian mag