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Where does “fenti” come from?

fenti (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fent, from Hungarian fen, from Hungarian fenn, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

fenti (Hungarian): above

Definitions

  1. above

Ancestry of “fenti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfentabove, up; upstairs; up, awake
2Hungarianfento sharpen, to whet, to hone; to rub, to smear;...
3HungarianfennAlternative form of fent; above
4Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
5Proto-Uralicpidetall
6Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
7Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
8Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

Words derived from “fenti”

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