Where does “felkér” come from?

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

felkér (Hungarian): to ask, request, invite

Definitions

  1. to ask, request, invite

Ancestry of “felkér”, step by step

felkér traces back through two 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 kér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankérto ask, to make a request; would like to have
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickerä-to request

Words derived from “felkér

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