Where does “ellenfél” come from?
ellenfél (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
ellenfél (Hungarian): opponent
Ancestry of “ellenfél”, step by step
ellenfél traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian fél
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 3 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |
via Hungarian ellen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | ellen | against; enemy, opponent |
| 2 | Hungarian | el- | indicates actions whose direction is pointing... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ső | Added to a noun or a stem to form an adjective |
| 4 | Hungarian | -s | Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning... |
Words derived from “ellenfél”