Where does “alig-alig” come from?

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

alig-alig (Hungarian): barely, hardly, scarcely; with difficulty; barely

Definitions

  1. barely, hardly, scarcely; with difficulty; barely

Ancestry of “alig-alig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianaligbarely, hardly, scarcely
2Hungarianálfalse, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,...
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Hungarian ál →Every word from Hungarian alig →