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
számjegy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian szám
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szám | number; number, figure, numeric, data; number,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | száj | mouth, oral |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śoxi | mouth |
via Hungarian jegy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | jegy | sign, mark, feature, trait, characteristic; a... |
| 2 | Hungarian | jel | sign, symbol; marker, inflectional suffix or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | jälke | — |