Where does “odafent” come from?
odafent (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fent, from Hungarian fen, from Hungarian fenn, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
Ancestry of “odafent”, step by step
odafent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian fent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fent | above, up; upstairs; up, awake |
| 2 | Hungarian | fen | to sharpen, to whet, to hone; to rub, to smear;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | fenn | Alternative form of fent; above |
| 4 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 6 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 8 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |