Where does “alumetujo” come from?

alumetujo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto alumeto, from French allumette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

alumetujo (Esperanto): matchbox

Definitions

  1. matchbox

Ancestry of “alumetujo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoalumetomatch
2Frenchallumettematch
3French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
4Latin-itta—
5Hungarianiszikto drink
6Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe- →Every word from French -ette →Every word from Hungarian iszik →