Where does “alig áll a lábán” come from?

alig áll a lábán (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn- — in.

alig áll a lábán (Hungarian): to be exhausted, ready to collapse, too tired to stand

Definitions

  1. to be exhausted, ready to collapse, too tired to stand

Ancestry of “alig áll a lábán”, step by step

alig áll a lábán traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianathe; this; that
2Frenchàto; on the, to; at
3Englishavieemulously
4Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
5Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
6Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
7LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Hungarian láb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
2Proto-Uralicluwebone
3Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Hungarian alig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianaligbarely, hardly, scarcely
2Hungarianálfalse, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,...
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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