Where does “halálfej” come from?
halálfej (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian halál, from Hungarian -ál, from Hungarian -l, from Proto-Uralic -l.
halálfej (Hungarian): death's-head
Ancestry of “halálfej”, step by step
halálfej traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian halál
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | halál | death |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ál | Same as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -l | Appended to a noun, an adjective or less... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -l | — |
via Hungarian fej
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fej | head; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,... |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |