Where does “Felső-tó” come from?

Felső-tó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian felső, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

Felső-tó (Hungarian): Lake Superior

Definitions

  1. Lake Superior

Ancestry of “Felső-tó”, step by step

Felső-tó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian felső

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfelsőtop, upper; top
2Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Hungarian tó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantólake
2Proto-Uralictowelake, pond
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →