Where does “féleszű” come from?

féleszű (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

féleszű (Hungarian): half-witted, crazy; half-wit

Definitions

  1. half-witted, crazy; half-wit

Ancestry of “féleszű”, step by step

féleszű traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian fél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
2Proto-Uralicpidetall
3Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
4Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
5Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via Hungarian eszű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianeszű-witted, of …… intellect
2Hungarianészintellect, brains, mind, reason, judgment,...
3Proto-Turkicesmemory; mind

Words derived from “féleszű

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää