Where does “szélkakas” come from?

szélkakas (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szél, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śälä- — to cut, cut up, slice.

szélkakas (Hungarian): weather vane, weathercock a mechanical device - sometimes in the form of a rooster - rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind

Definitions

  1. weather vane, weathercock a mechanical device - sometimes in the form of a rooster - rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind

Ancestry of “szélkakas”, step by step

szélkakas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszélwind; edge
2Proto-Finno-Ugricśälä-to cut, cut up, slice

via Hungarian kakas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankakascock, rooster; popcorn
2Proto-Slavickokošьhen
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric śälä- →Every word from Hungarian szél →