Where does “aljak” come from?

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

aljak (Hungarian): nominative plural of alj

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of alj

Ancestry of “aljak”, step by step

aljak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian alj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianaljbottom, lower part; skirt
2Hungarianálfalse, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,...
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Proto-Austronesian aNak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-AustronesianaNakchild
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Hungarian ál →Every word from Hungarian alj →