Where does “szélcsend” come from?

szélcsend (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csend, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

szélcsend (Hungarian): calm, lull, still air, windlessness

Definitions

  1. calm, lull, still air, windlessness

Ancestry of “szélcsend”, step by step

szélcsend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian csend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsendsilence, stillness, hush; quietness, calmness;...
2Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
3Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian szél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszélwind; edge
2Proto-Finno-Ugricśälä-to cut, cut up, slice
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →Every word from Hungarian -d →Every word from Hungarian csend →