Where does “számjegy” come from?
számjegy (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szám, from Hungarian száj, from Proto-Uralic śoxi — mouth.
számjegy (Hungarian): digit, figure, numeral
Ancestry of “számjegy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | szám | number; number, figure, numeric, data; number,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | száj | mouth, oral |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śoxi | mouth |