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Where does “főoltár” come from?

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

főoltár (Hungarian): high altar

Definitions

  1. high altar

Ancestry of “főoltár”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfőmain, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core, most...
2Hungarianfejhead; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,...
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
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