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Where does “lefelé” come from?

lefelé (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian felé, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

lefelé (Hungarian): downwards

Definitions

  1. downwards

Ancestry of “lefelé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfeléto, towards, in the direction of; nearby, around;...
2Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—
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