Where does “feleségül megy” come from?

feleségül megy (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 megy (Hungarian): to get married, marry, wed (someone) to be joined to a man as spouse according to law or custom

Definitions

  1. to get married, marry, wed (someone) to be joined to a man as spouse according to law or custom

Ancestry of “feleségül megy”, step by step

feleségül megy 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 megy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmegyto go
2Proto-Uralicmene-to go
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →