Where does “fejfájás” come from?
fejfájás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fájás, from Hungarian fáj, from Hungarian fiú — boy; son; boyfriend.
fejfájás (Hungarian): headache
Ancestry of “fejfájás”, step by step
fejfájás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian fájás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fájás | ache, hurt, pain |
| 2 | Hungarian | fáj | to hurt, ache; to cost something |
| 3 | Hungarian | fiú | boy; son; boyfriend |
via Hungarian fej
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fej | head; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,... |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |
Words derived from “fejfájás”