Where does “oszlopfő” come from?

oszlopfő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fő, from Hungarian fej, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

oszlopfő (Hungarian): capital

Definitions

  1. capital

Ancestry of “oszlopfő”, step by step

oszlopfő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmain, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core, most...
2Hungarianfejhead; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,...
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Hungarian oszlop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianoszloppillar, column; column

Words derived from “oszlopfő

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