Where does “alapfém” come from?

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

alapfém (Hungarian): base metal

Definitions

  1. base metal

Ancestry of “alapfém”, step by step

alapfém 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 fém

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfémmetal
2Hungarianfémlik—

Words derived from “alapfém”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Hungarian ál →Every word from Hungarian alap →