Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian (EDH)

ALFRÉD TÓTH : ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF HUNGARIAN (EDH)
9. Etruscan and Hungarian
Hung. rag-ály “infection, contagion”, rag-ad “to attach, to stick to”. About the exchange of l and
r cf.
Alinei (2003m p. 297)
133 lup-, lupu “to die”
Alinei 2003, pp. 65s.
Hung. lófő, lófej “horse-head, noble”
134 luri “from him”
Alinei 2003, p. 105; Gost. 853
Hung. dial. léra, Hung. róla “from him (delative)”
Sum. –ra11
135 mani(i)m “daughter-in-law”
Alinei 2003, pp. 105s.; Gost. 460
Hung. meny “daughter-in-law”
Sum. dumu-munus
136 maru, marunu “name of magistry” (Lat. maro “title of an Umbrian magistrate”)
Alinei 2003, pp. 23ss.; Gost. 14, 492
Hung. mérő “measurer”
Sum. me
137 maθ “honey”
TLE, p. 231
Hung. méz “honey”. EWU, p. 973 reconstructs a FU *mete “honey” and claims, that the
knowledge of honey-making comes from the Finno-Ugrians, but oversees, that the word for
honey obviously was a Wanderwort, cf. Brunner (1969, no. 438): medhu “Honig” – Old Ind.
madhu, New High Germ. Met, Litv. medùs “honey” – Akkad. matqu “sweet”, Hebr. mātōq “id.”
138 me, mi “I”, mene, mini “me” (?)
Alinei 2003, pp. 67s.; Gost. 811
Hung. én “I” (< Proto-Hung. *ëme)
Sum. ĝá-e
139 meχl “Hungarian (Magyar)”
Alinei 2003, p. 106
Hung. magyar “Hungarian”
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