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Where does “feneke” come from?

feneke (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fenék, from Hungarian fene, from Hungarian fen, from Hungarian fenn, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “feneke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfenékbottom, buttock; bottom, seat
2Hungarianfenedamned, bloody, helluva; damn, hell; ulcer,...
3Hungarianfento sharpen, to whet, to hone; to rub, to smear;...
4HungarianfennAlternative form of fent; above
5Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
6Proto-Uralicpidetall
7Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
8Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
9Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—
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