Where does “fel s alá” come from?
fel s alá (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
fel s alá (Hungarian): up and down, back and forth
Definitions
- up and down, back and forth
Ancestry of “fel s alá”, step by step
fel s alá traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian fél
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 3 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |
via Hungarian alá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | alá | under, underneath, below, beneath; Synonym of... |
| 2 | Hungarian | ál | false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Hungarian s
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | s | and |