tükör (Hungarian)
Where does "tükör" come from?
The Hungarian word "tükör," meaning mirror, is a loanword borrowed from an Oghur Turkic language long before the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin. It shares a common ancestry with cognates found in Chuvash and Western Mari, reflecting deep-seated linguistic connections formed during the migrations of ancient steppe peoples.
Full etymology tree
- tükör (Hungarian), 'mirror'
- borrowed tükür (Oghur)
Descendants and derived words
- a szem a lélek tükre (Hungarian)
- szedéstükör (Hungarian)
- tükörfordítás (Hungarian)
- tükörkép (Hungarian)
- tükörreflexes (Hungarian)
- tükörsima (Hungarian)
- tükörszó (Hungarian)
- tükörtojás (Hungarian)
- tükröz (Hungarian)
Updated June 2026
Etymology data from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · About Miraris