Where does “tündérmese” come from?

tündérmese (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mese, from Proto-Ugric mańćɜ — man, person.

tündérmese (Hungarian): fairy tale

Definitions

  1. fairy tale

Ancestry of “tündérmese”, step by step

tündérmese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmesefairy tale, tale, fable; fabrication, tall story,...
2Proto-Ugricmańćɜman, person

via Hungarian tündér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantündérfairy
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