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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
2Proto-Uralicpidetall
3Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
4Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
5Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via Hungarian alá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianaláunder, underneath, below, beneath; Synonym of...
2Hungarianálfalse, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,...
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Hungarian s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansand
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää