Where does “szépanya” come from?

szépanya (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian anya, from Proto-Uralic ańa — a relative.

szépanya (Hungarian): great-great-great-grandmother

Definitions

  1. great-great-great-grandmother

Ancestry of “szépanya”, step by step

szépanya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian anya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariananyamother; nut
2Proto-Uralicańaa relative

via Hungarian szép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszépbeautiful; great-great-great-grand-
2Proto-Finno-Ugricśeppäskilled
Every word from Proto-Uralic ańaEvery word from Hungarian anya