Where does “hajfesték” come from?
hajfesték (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian háj, from Proto-Ugric kajɜ, from Proto-Uralic kaje, from Spanish café, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.
hajfesték (Hungarian): hair dye
Definitions
- hair dye
Ancestry of “hajfesték”, step by step
hajfesték traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian háj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | háj | fat, flab |
| 2 | Proto-Ugric | kajɜ | hair |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kaje | hair, grass |
| 4 | Spanish | café | brown; coffee; cafe, coffee shop |
| 5 | French | café | coffee; coffee colour; public house |
| 6 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 7 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 8 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 9 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 10 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |
via Hungarian festék
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | festék | paint; dye |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ék | Added to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 4 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |