Where does “vándorsólyom” come from?

vándorsólyom (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.

vándorsólyom (Hungarian): peregrine falcon

Definitions

  1. peregrine falcon

Ancestry of “vándorsólyom”, step by step

vándorsólyom 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 sólyom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansólyomfalcon, peregrine falcon
2Hungarian-mmy
3Proto-Uralic-mforms the accusative case, indicating the object

Words derived from “vándorsólyom”

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