Where does “birsalmafája” come from?
birsalmafája (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian birsalmafa, from Hungarian birsalma, from Hungarian alma, from Hungarian álom, from Proto-Ugric ala-ma — padding in shoes , bed of straw.
Ancestry of “birsalmafája”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | birsalmafa | quince |
| 2 | Hungarian | birsalma | quince |
| 3 | Hungarian | alma | apple; third-person singular single-possession... |
| 4 | Hungarian | álom | dream; sleep; sleepiness, drowsiness |
| 5 | Proto-Ugric | ala-ma | padding in shoes , bed of straw |