Where does “félszoba” come from?
félszoba (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
félszoba (Hungarian): small-sized (living) room in a private flat/apartment
Definitions
- small-sized (living) room in a private flat/apartment
Ancestry of “félszoba”, step by step
félszoba 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 szóba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szóba | illative singular of szó |
| 2 | Old High German | stuba | a heated room; bathroom; step |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *stubu | — |
Words derived from “félszoba”