Where does “alapterület” come from?

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

alapterület (Hungarian): surface area, floorspace

Definitions

  1. surface area, floorspace

Ancestry of “alapterület”, step by step

alapterület 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 terület

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianterületarea; field
2Hungarianterül—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Hungarian ál →Every word from Hungarian alap →