Where does “telefonszám” come from?

telefonszám (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szám, from Hungarian száj, from Proto-Uralic śoxi — mouth.

telefonszám (Hungarian): telephone number, phone number

Definitions

  1. telephone number, phone number

Ancestry of “telefonszám”, step by step

telefonszám traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian szám

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszámnumber; number, figure, numeric, data; number,...
2Hungarianszájmouth, oral
3Proto-Uralicśoximouth

via Hungarian telefon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantelefontelephone
2GermanTelephonObsolete spelling of Telefon

Words derived from “telefonszám

Every word from Proto-Uralic śoxiEvery word from Hungarian szájEvery word from Hungarian szám
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