Where does “víziló” come from?

víziló (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vízi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

víziló (Hungarian): hippopotamus

Definitions

  1. hippopotamus

Ancestry of “víziló”, step by step

víziló traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian vízi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvíziwater-, of the water, aquatic
2Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
3HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
4Albanian-ing, -ion
5Proto-West Germanic-jā
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Hungarian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhorse; knight; pommel horse
2Proto-Ugric*luɣǝhorse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Hungarian -iEvery word from Hungarian