Where does “cuhuci” come from?

cuhuci (Romanian) comes from Hungarian köhögni, from Hungarian köhög, from Hungarian -ög, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

cuhuci (Romanian): to cough

Definitions

  1. to cough

Ancestry of “cuhuci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianköhögniinfinitive of köhög
2Hungarianköhögto cough
3Hungarian-ögAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...
4Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
5Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
6Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
Every word from Middle Welsh -ntEvery word from Hungarian -dEvery word from Hungarian -ög