Where does “szívbillentyű” come from?

szívbillentyű (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian billentyű, from Hungarian billen, from Hungarian billeg — to sway, waggle.

szívbillentyű (Hungarian): heart valve any of the valves in the heart which prevent blood from moving in the wrong direction

Definitions

  1. heart valve any of the valves in the heart which prevent blood from moving in the wrong direction

Ancestry of “szívbillentyű”, step by step

szívbillentyű traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian billentyű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbillentyűkey; valve
2Hungarianbillento tilt, slant, lean, swing, dip
3Hungarianbillegto sway, waggle

via Hungarian szív

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszívheart; to suck, inhale, absorb
2Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart

Words derived from “szívbillentyű”

Every word from Hungarian billeg →Every word from Hungarian billen →Every word from Hungarian billentyű →