Where does “szemüreg” come from?

szemüreg (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szem, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.

szemüreg (Hungarian): eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity the bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves

Definitions

  1. eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity the bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves

Ancestry of “szemüreg”, step by step

szemüreg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszemeye; grain; grain, speck
2Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

via Hungarian üreg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianüregcavity, hole, cave, pit, cavern, sinus
2Hungarianür-—

Words derived from “szemüreg”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Hungarian szem →