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Where does “másfelől” come from?

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

másfelől (Hungarian): from another direction; on the other side of...

Definitions

  1. from another direction; on the other side of...

Ancestry of “másfelől”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfelőlfrom , fromward
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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