Where does “fél” come from?

fél (Hungarian) comes from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

fél (Hungarian): to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...

Definitions

  1. to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...

Ancestry of “fél”, step by step

fél traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Uralic pide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicpidetall
2Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
3Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Proto-Uralic pälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicpälähalf

Words derived from “fél”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →