Where does “zajon” come from?

zajon (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zaj, from Proto-Uralic śoje — long, pointed object.

Ancestry of “zajon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianzajnoise; image noise
2Proto-Uralicśojelong, pointed object
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoje →Every word from Hungarian zaj →
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