Where does “szégyent vall” come from?

szégyent vall (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian váll, from Proto-Uralic *wolka — shoulder.

szégyent vall (Hungarian): to disgrace oneself, to fail to feel shame because a goal wasn't reached and plans failed

Definitions

  1. to disgrace oneself, to fail to feel shame because a goal wasn't reached and plans failed

Ancestry of “szégyent vall”, step by step

szégyent vall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian váll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvállshoulder
2Proto-Uralic*wolkashoulder

via Hungarian szégyen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszégyenshame
Every word from Proto-Uralic *wolka →Every word from Hungarian váll →