Where does “palimadár” come from?

palimadár (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian Pali, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

palimadár (Hungarian): dupe, fall guy, fish, mug, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sucker, easy mark

Definitions

  1. dupe, fall guy, fish, mug, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sucker, easy mark

Ancestry of “palimadár”, step by step

palimadár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian Pali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianPali—
2Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
3Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
4Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
5Proto-West Germanic-jā—
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Hungarian madár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmadárbird, fowl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Hungarian -i →Every word from Hungarian -é →