Where does “szóelvonás” come from?

szóelvonás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szó, from Proto-Ugric sawɜ.

szóelvonás (Hungarian): back-formation the process of creating a new word by removing actual or supposed affixes or, less frequently, by shortening a compound word to one of its elements

Definitions

  1. back-formation the process of creating a new word by removing actual or supposed affixes or, less frequently, by shortening a compound word to one of its elements

Ancestry of “szóelvonás”, step by step

szóelvonás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszóword; voice; sound
2Proto-Ugricsawɜ—

via Hungarian elvonás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianelvonásback-formation
2Hungarian-ásAdded to a verb to form a noun
Every word from Proto-Ugric sawɜ →Every word from Hungarian szó →