Where does “feleségül kér” come from?

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

feleségül kér (Hungarian): to propose to ask for a woman's hand in marriage

Definitions

  1. to propose to ask for a woman's hand in marriage

Ancestry of “feleségül kér”, step by step

feleségül kér traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian feleség

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfeleségwife
2Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Hungarian kér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankérto ask, to make a request; would like to have
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickerä-to request
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →