Where does “felsőfokú” come from?
felsőfokú (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian felsőfok, from Hungarian felső, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
felsőfokú (Hungarian): expert level, college, university; superlative
Definitions
- expert level, college, university; superlative
Ancestry of “felsőfokú”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | felsőfok | superlative, superlative degree |
| 2 | Hungarian | felső | top, upper; top |
| 3 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 5 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 7 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |