Where does “fas-” come from?

fas- (Finnish) comes from Hungarian fá, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

Ancestry of “fas-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfáfa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the...
2Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

Words derived from “fas-”

Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Hungarian fá →
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