Where does “Kisalföld” come from?

Kisalföld (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian alföld, from Hungarian ál-, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

Kisalföld (Hungarian): Little Hungarian Plain, Little Alföld

Definitions

  1. Little Hungarian Plain, Little Alföld

Ancestry of “Kisalföld”, step by step

Kisalföld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian alföld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianalföldlowland; plain, an expanse of land with...
2Hungarianál-false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,...
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Hungarian kis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankissmall, little
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëlaEvery word from Hungarian ál-Every word from Hungarian alföld
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