Where does “szájról olvas” come from?

szájról olvas (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian olvas, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

szájról olvas (Hungarian): to lipread to determine what a person is saying by watching how their lips move

Definitions

  1. to lipread to determine what a person is saying by watching how their lips move

Ancestry of “szájról olvas”, step by step

szájról olvas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian olvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianolvasto read
2Proto-Uralicluke-to count
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Hungarian száj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszájmouth, oral
2Proto-Uralicśoximouth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic luke- →Every word from Hungarian olvas →