Where does “fő” come from?

fő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fej, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

fő (Hungarian): main, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core, most...

Definitions

  1. main, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core, most...

Ancestry of “fő”, step by step

fő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian fej

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfejhead; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,...
2Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Proto-Uralic peje-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicpeje-boil; cook

Words derived from “fő”

Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Hungarian fej →