Where does “talpnyalás” come from?

talpnyalás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian talp — sole; serif.

talpnyalás (Hungarian): ass-kissing, bootlicking, toadying, flattery, sycophancy obsequious behavior, servile fawning

Definitions

  1. ass-kissing, bootlicking, toadying, flattery, sycophancy obsequious behavior, servile fawning

Ancestry of “talpnyalás”, step by step

talpnyalás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian talp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantalpsole; serif

via Hungarian nyalás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyalás
Every word from Hungarian talp