Where does “gyufa” come from?

gyufa (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fá, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

gyufa (Hungarian): match

Definitions

  1. match

Ancestry of “gyufa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfáfa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the...
2Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

Words derived from “gyufa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Hungarian fá →