Where does “külföld” come from?
külföld (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kül-, from Hungarian kívül, from Hungarian ki, from Proto-Uralic ke — who.
külföld (Hungarian): foreign countries
Ancestry of “külföld”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | kül- | external, foreign, outside of something |
| 2 | Hungarian | kívül | outside, outdoors; outside of something; apart... |
| 3 | Hungarian | ki | out; who |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ke | who |
Words derived from “külföld”