Where does “felesége” come from?

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

felesége (Hungarian): third-person singular single-possession...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular single-possession...

Ancestry of “felesége”, step by step

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