Where does “felsőoktatás” come from?

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

felsőoktatás (Hungarian): higher education

Definitions

  1. higher education

Ancestry of “felsőoktatás”, step by step

felsőoktatás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian felső

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfelsőtop, upper; top
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 oktatás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianoktatáseducation, instruction
2Hungarianoktatto educate, instruct, teach
3Hungarianokikto learn one's lesson

Words derived from “felsőoktatás”

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