Where does “tejfog” come from?

tejfog (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fog, from Proto-Ugric puŋɜ- — to grasp, to catch.

tejfog (Hungarian): milk tooth, deciduous tooth

Definitions

  1. milk tooth, deciduous tooth

Ancestry of “tejfog”, step by step

tejfog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian fog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfogto hold; to take; to catch, to capture
2Proto-Ugricpuŋɜ-to grasp, to catch

via Hungarian tej

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantejmilk

Words derived from “tejfog”

Every word from Proto-Ugric puŋɜ- →Every word from Hungarian fog →