Where does “vándorgalambok” come from?
vándorgalambok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vándorgalamb, 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.
Ancestry of “vándorgalambok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | vándorgalamb | passenger pigeon |
| 2 | Hungarian | vándor | wandering, migrant; wanderer, wayfarer |
| 3 | Hungarian | vándorol | to wander |
| 4 | German | wandern | to hike; to wander, to migrate, to move... |
| 5 | Middle High German | wandern | — |
| 6 | Old High German | wantaron | wantarōn |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *wandarōn | to waver, change, fluctuate |