Where does “telefonszámon” come from?

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

Ancestry of “telefonszámon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantelefonszámtelephone number, phone number
2Hungarianszámnumber; number, figure, numeric, data; number,...
3Hungarianszájmouth, oral
4Proto-Uralicśoximouth
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoxiEvery word from Hungarian szájEvery word from Hungarian szám
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