Where does “tengeri csillag” come from?

tengeri csillag (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tengeri, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

tengeri csillag (Hungarian): starfish

Definitions

  1. starfish

Ancestry of “tengeri csillag”, step by step

tengeri csillag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tengeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantengerinaval, marine, sea-; corn, maize
2Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
3HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
4Albanian-ing, -ion
5Proto-West Germanic-jā
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Hungarian csillag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsillagstar; star, asterisk; luck
2Hungarian-gAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Hungarian -iEvery word from Hungarian