Where does “zálogház” come from?

zálogház (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zálog, from Serbo-Croatian zalog, from Proto-Slavic *zalogъ — pawn, pledge.

zálogház (Hungarian): pawnshop, pawnbrokery, pawnbrokerage, hockshop, Lombard house

Definitions

  1. pawnshop, pawnbrokery, pawnbrokerage, hockshop, Lombard house

Ancestry of “zálogház”, step by step

zálogház traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian zálog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianzálogpawn
2Serbo-Croatianzalogpawn; pledge
3Proto-Slavic*zalogъpawn, pledge

via Hungarian ház

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianházhouse, building; home; the residents of a house...
Every word from Proto-Slavic *zalogъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian zalog →Every word from Hungarian zálog →