Where does “keményfa” come from?

keményfa (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kemény, from Proto-Uralic kämä — hard, firm.

keményfa (Hungarian): hardwood

Definitions

  1. hardwood

Ancestry of “keményfa”, step by step

keményfa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kemény

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankeményhard
2Proto-Uralickämähard, firm

via Hungarian fá

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

Words derived from “keményfa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kämä →Every word from Hungarian kemény →