Where does “szennyvíz” come from?

szennyvíz (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian víz, from Proto-Uralic wete — water.

szennyvíz (Hungarian): sewage, wastewater, sullage

Definitions

  1. sewage, wastewater, sullage

Ancestry of “szennyvíz”, step by step

szennyvíz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian víz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvízwater; flood; drinking water, mineral water
2Proto-Uralicwetewater

via Hungarian szenny

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszennydirt, filth
2Hungarianszennyesfilthy, dirty, unclean; filthy, foul, impure;...
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