Where does “alapbér” come from?

alapbér (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian alap, from Hungarian ál, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

alapbér (Hungarian): basic salary, basic wage

Definitions

  1. basic salary, basic wage

Ancestry of “alapbér”, step by step

alapbér traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian alap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianalapbase, foundation
2Hungarianálfalse, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,...
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Hungarian bér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbérwage; hired, rented, for hire
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Hungarian ál →Every word from Hungarian alap →