Hungarian Historical Phonology zug

zug 'Winkel; Ecke'

zugoly 'Winkel'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

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Important dialectal forms

szug 'schmale Straße'

szugoly 'Winkel'

Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

UEW: *suŋɜ ‘corner, angle; Ecke, Winkel‘

Status of the Ugric etymology

Unclear

Loan etymology

None suggested

Cognates suggested in earlier research

UEW:

Khanty: East (V) sŏŋ 'Entfernung (?), [Kop.] Ecke (?)', South (DN) sŏŋ, North (O) suŋ 'Ecke, Winkel'

Commentary

Hungarian z from Ugric *s is problematic, but if the dialectal words with sz indeed belong here, it is possible that z has developed due to secondary voicing.

However, the Ugric etymology remains unclear, as the relation Khanty ŋ ~ Hu g (< *ŋk) is irregular.

Conclusion

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References

UEW s.v. suŋɜ: PUg Uralonet