Where does “alsónemű” come from?

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

alsónemű (Hungarian): underwear, undergarment

Definitions

  1. underwear, undergarment

Ancestry of “alsónemű”, step by step

alsónemű traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian alsó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianalsóbottom, lower
2Hungarianál-false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,...
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Hungarian nemű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianneműof …… kind or sort; of …… gender, of …… sex
2Hungariannemno, not; no; sex, gender
3Proto-Finno-Ugricneno, not

Words derived from “alsónemű

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëlaEvery word from Hungarian ál-Every word from Hungarian alsó