Where does “szarvasmarha” come from?

szarvasmarha (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian marha, from Old High German marchāt, from Late Latin marcatus, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

szarvasmarha (Hungarian): cattle

Definitions

  1. cattle

Ancestry of “szarvasmarha”, step by step

szarvasmarha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian marha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmarhacattle; beef; blockhead
2Old High Germanmarchātmarket
3Late Latinmarcatus
4Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Hungarian szarvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszarvashorned; deer
2Hungarianszarvhorn
3Proto-Finno-Ugricśarwe
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćr̥Hwáshorn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥h₂-wó-s
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn

Words derived from “szarvasmarha

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin mercatus