Where does “velúrbőr” come from?

velúrbőr (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian velúr, from French velours, from Old French velous, from Latin villosus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.

velúrbőr (Hungarian): suede

Definitions

  1. suede

Ancestry of “velúrbőr”, step by step

velúrbőr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian velúr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvelúrvelour
2Frenchveloursvelvet
3Old Frenchvelous—
4Latinvillosushairy, shaggy
5Latinvillushair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair
6LatinvellusThe wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welh₁-to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool

via Hungarian bőr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbőrskin, leather; hide
2Proto-Uralicpereskin; bark
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- →Every word from Latin vellus →Every word from Latin villus →