Where does “legfelső” come from?

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

legfelső (Hungarian): superlative degree of felső

Definitions

  1. superlative degree of felső

Ancestry of “legfelső”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfelsőtop, upper; top
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-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →