Where does “sejtfal” come from?

sejtfal (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fal, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.

sejtfal (Hungarian): cell wall a structural layer surrounding some types of cells, just outside the cell membrane

Definitions

  1. cell wall a structural layer surrounding some types of cells, just outside the cell membrane

Ancestry of “sejtfal”, step by step

sejtfal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian fal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfalwall; to devour, gorge, wolf, scarf
2Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

via Hungarian sejt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansejtcell; to suspect, presume, guess

Words derived from “sejtfal”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Hungarian fal →