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Where does “vértanú” come from?

vértanú (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vér, from Proto-Uralic wëre — peak.

vértanú (Hungarian): martyr

Definitions

  1. martyr

Ancestry of “vértanú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvérblood
2Proto-Uralicwërepeak
Every word from Proto-Uralic wëre →