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
- half-witted, crazy; half-wit
Ancestry of “féleszű”, step by step
féleszű 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 eszű
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | eszű | -witted, of …… intellect |
| 2 | Hungarian | ész | intellect, brains, mind, reason, judgment,... |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | es | memory; mind |
Words derived from “féleszű”