Where does “vándorszó” come from?

vándorszó (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.

vándorszó (Hungarian): Wanderwort

Definitions

  1. Wanderwort

Ancestry of “vándorszó”, step by step

vándorszó 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 szó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszóword; voice; sound
2Proto-Ugricsawɜ—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn →Every word from Old High German wantaron →Every word from Middle High German wandern →