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
- barely, hardly, scarcely; with difficulty; barely
Ancestry of “alig-alig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | alig | barely, hardly, scarcely |
| 2 | Hungarian | ál | false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |