Where does “főutca” come from?

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

főutca (Hungarian): main street, high street the main street of any town

Definitions

  1. main street, high street the main street of any town

Ancestry of “főutca”, step by step

főutca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian

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

via Hungarian utca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianutcastreet
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe
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