Where does “vándorgalamb” come from?

vándorgalamb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vándor, from Hungarian vándorol, from German wandern, from Middle High German wandern, from Old High German wantaron, from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn — to waver, change, fluctuate.

vándorgalamb (Hungarian): passenger pigeon

Definitions

  1. passenger pigeon

Ancestry of “vándorgalamb”, step by step

vándorgalamb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian vándor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvándorwandering, migrant; wanderer, wayfarer
2Hungarianvándorolto wander
3Germanwandernto hike; to wander, to migrate, to move...
4Middle High Germanwandern—
5Old High Germanwantaronwantarōn
6Proto-West Germanic*wandarōnto waver, change, fluctuate

via Hungarian galamb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangalambdove, pigeon; lover, sweetheart
2Proto-Slavicgolǫbьpigeon
3Proto-Balto-Slavicgalambas—

Words derived from “vándorgalamb”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn →Every word from Old High German wantaron →Every word from Middle High German wandern →