Where does “licsifa” come from?

licsifa (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian licsi, from German Litschi, from Chinese Mandarin 荔枝.

licsifa (Hungarian): lychee

Definitions

  1. lychee

Ancestry of “licsifa”, step by step

licsifa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian licsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlicsilychee
2GermanLitschilychee (fruit), (Litchi chinensis), also spelled litchi (the U.S. FDA spelling) or laichi
3Chinese Mandarin荔枝—

via Hungarian fá

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

Words derived from “licsifa”

Every word from Chinese Mandarin 荔枝 →Every word from German Litschi →Every word from Hungarian licsi →